Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1753, Nov. 16 | Born, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland |
1771 | Emigrated to Philadelphia, Pa. |
1772 | Attended Newark Academy, Newark, Del. |
1773 | Studied medicine under Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1775 | Volunteered for military service |
1776 | Assigned to medical staff of military hospital, Cambridge, Mass. Captured at fall of Fort Washington, New York, N.Y. |
1777 | Paroled |
1778 | Appointed secretary to George Washington |
1780 | Transferred to staff of the Marquis de Lafayette |
1781 | Commissioned major |
1781-1786 | Member, Maryland senate |
1783-1786 | Member, Continental Congress |
1784 | Married Margaret Allison Caldwell |
1787 | Member, Constitutional Convention |
1790 | Inherited family importing firm, John McHenry & Co. |
1791-1796 | Member, Maryland senate |
1796-1800 | Secretary of war |
1803 | Published A Letter to the Honourable the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States. Baltimore: Printed by John W. Butler |
1816 | Died at his estate "Fayetteville" near Baltimore, Md. |