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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaLANGWORTHY, Edward
(1738—1802)
LANGWORTHY, Edward, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1738; attended a school kept in connection with the Bethesda Orphan House, of which he was an inmate, and later became an instructor in the institution; assisted in organizing the Georgia Council of Safety and became secretary of the council December 11, 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1777-1779; signer of the Articles of Confederation; moved to Baltimore, Md., in 1785; engaged in newspaper work until 1787; teacher of the classics in Baltimore Academy 1787-1791; moved to Elkton, Md., about 1791, where he was engaged in writing a history of Georgia; returned to Baltimore in 1795; clerk of customs from that time until his death in Baltimore, Md., November 2, 1802.
Bibliography
Langworthy, Edward. Memoir of Major General Lee
. 1792, reprinted from Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq
. 1875. Reprint, London: The Lee Papers, v. 7, p. [117]-167.
Langworthy, Edward. Memoir of Major General Lee
. 1792, reprinted from Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq
. 1875. Reprint, London: The Lee Papers, v. 7, p. [117]-167.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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