Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1780, Aug. 29 | Born, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1797 | Graduated, College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Princeton, N.J. |
| 1800 | Admitted to the Philadelphia, Pa., bar |
| 1809 | Married Catherine Eliza Murray |
| 1811 | Comptroller, United States Treasury |
| 1814-1817 | U.S. attorney general |
| 1817 | U.S. secretary of state |
| 1817-1825 | U.S. minister to Great Britain |
| 1825-1828 | U.S. secretary of the treasury |
| 1836-1838 | U.S. agent in Great Britain to secure Smithson bequest which established the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. |
| 1847-1849 | U.S. minister to France |
| 1859, July 30 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |