Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1755, Sept. 24 | Born near Germantown, Va. |
1755-1781 | Military service |
1780 | Attended law and philosophy lectures at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Admitted to the bar, Fauquier County, Va. |
1782-1784 | Member, Virginia Executive Council |
1782-1785 | Member, Virginia House of Delegates |
1783 | Married Mary Willis Ambler |
1785-1788 | Recorder, city of Richmond, Va. |
1787-1788 | Member, Virginia House of Delegates |
1796 | Argued case before the Supreme Court |
1797-1798 | One of three American envoys to France (XYZ Affair) |
1798 | Elected to the House of Representatives |
1800-1801 | Secretary of state |
1801-1835 | Chief justice of the Supreme Court |
1804-1807 | Published The Life of George Washington. London: Printed for R. Phillips |
1829 | Member, Virginia Constitutional Convention |
1835, July 6 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |