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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandWilliam CARMICHAEL
(Â1795)
CARMICHAEL, William,
(granduncle of Richard Bennett Carmichael), a Delegate from
Maryland; born at “Round Top,” in Queen Annes County,
Md., near Chestertown, Md., birth date unknown; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and practiced in Centerville, Md.; was in
London, England, at the beginning of the Revolution; assistant to
Silas Deane, secret agent of Congress at Paris, 1776; went to
Berlin in American interests in 1776; named secretary to the
American commissioners in France in 1777, but did not serve,
returning to the United States in May 1778; Member of the
Continental Congress, 1778-1779; went to Spain in September 1779
and served as secretary of the legation; appointed Chargé
d’Affaires at Madrid, Spain, April 20, 1782-May 1794; died in
Madrid, Spain, February 9, 1795; interment in a lot adjoining the
Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Bibliography
Coe, Samuel Gwynn. The Mission of William Carmichael to
Spain. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1928.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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