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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsBenjamin BROWN
(1756-1831)
BROWN, Benjamin, (nephew
of John Brown), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Swansea, Mass., September 23, 1756; pursued academic studies;
studied medicine and commenced practice in Waldoboro, Maine (until
1820 a district of Massachusetts); surgeon in 1778 on the American
frigate Boston, commanded by Commodore Tucker, which
conveyed John Adams as American commissioner to France; with
Commander Tucker, was captured in 1781 on the American warship
Thorne at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and imprisoned
on Prince Edward Island; escaped in an open boat and reached
Boston, Mass.; member of the Massachusetts house of representatives
in 1809, 1811, 1812, and again in 1819; elected as a Federalist to
the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); resumed the
practice of medicine; died in Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine,
September 17, 1831; interment in Waldoboro Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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