The Rev. William Emerson (May 6, 1770 – May 12, 1811) was one of Boston’s leading citizens, a liberal-minded Unitarian minister, pastor to Boston’s First Church and founder…
Charles Pettit (1736 – September 4, 1806) was an American lawyer and merchant from New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the…
William Finnie was mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1783 to 1784.During the American Revolution he served the southern department of the Continental Army as adjutant quartermaster-general.The William Finnie…
Timothy Pickering (July 17, 1745{spaced ndash}January 29, 1829) was a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third United States Secretary…
David Salisbury Franks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1740–1793, Philadelphia) was aide-de-camp for General Benedict Arnold during the American War of Independence. He was living in Quebec with his parents when…
Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753{dash} September 12, 1813) was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States…
Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727{spaced ndash}April 10, 1806) was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for…
Joseph Reed (August 27, 1741 – March 5, 1785) was a lawyer, military officer and statesman of the Revolutionary Era who lived the majority of his life in…
Nicholas Gilman, Jr. (August 3, 1755{spaced ndash}May 2, 1814) was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and…
Alexander Scammell (1747{sfn|Coffin|1845|p=78 lists his birth as 1744; Shipton, pp. 219-32 gives 1747} – October 6, 1781{sfn|Dearborn|1939|p=219}) was a Harvard{sfn|Coffin|1845|p=78} educated attorney and an officer in the Continental…