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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsFrancis DANA
(1743-1811)
DANA, Francis, a Delegate
from Massachusetts; born in Charlestown, Mass., June 13, 1743; was
graduated from Harvard College in 1762; studied law; was admitted
to the bar and commenced practice in Boston in 1767; delegate to
the Provincial Congress in 1774; spent two years in England
endeavoring to adjust differences between Great Britain and the
American Colonies; State councilor 1776-1780; Member of the
Continental Congress 1777-1778, and was one of the signers of the
Articles of Confederation July 9, 1778; elected September 28, 1779,
secretary to accompany John Adams, who was appointed a commissioner
to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain and a treaty of
commerce with Holland; appointed December 19, 1780, Minister
Resident to Russia, but was never received as such; again a Member
of the Continental Congress in 1784; judge of the supreme court of
Massachusetts 1785-1791; appointed chief justice November 29, 1791,
and served for fifteen years; member of the State convention which
adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788; a founder of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; died in Cambridge, Middlesex County,
Mass., April 25, 1811; interment in Old Cambridge Cemetery.
Bibliography
Cresson, William Penn. Francis Dana. [Baltimore: n.p.],
1930.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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