Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1767, June 1 | Born, Mount Murragh, County Westmeath, Ireland |
| 1775 | Immigrated to America |
| 1779 | Midshipman, Continental frigate Confederacy |
| 1780-1782 | Captured and imprisoned on the prison ships Good Hope and Old Jersey by British forces in New York |
| 1782 | Escaped from the British forces |
| 1785, July 25 | Captured with the schooner Maria of Boston by an Algerian xebec off Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal; sold into slavery |
| 1787-1792 | While enslaved, served as clerk of the marine, clerk of the bagnio gallera (prison of the galley slaves), keeper of the prison tavern, and clerk to the prime minister |
| 1792 | Named chief Christian secretary to the Dey and Regency of Algiers |
| 1795-1796 | Assisted in the negotiations of the Barbary Treaties |
| 1796 | Released from slavery; returned to the United States |
| 1797-1801 | United States consul, Tripoli, Libya |
| 1798 | Married Jane Bancker Woodside of Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1798 | Special diplomatic agent to assist William Eaton, Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1802 | United States consul general, Algiers, Algeria |
| 1803 | United States consul, Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1807-1815 | United States consul, Madeira, Portugal |
| 1815-1817 | United States consul, Cádiz, Spain |
| 1818-1820 | Naval agent for the protection of live oak timber in Florida |
| 1820-1840? | Employed in the United States Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1843, October 6 | Died, Washington, D.C. |