Maryland Patriots: Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites - Paperback

by Lawrence Knorr (Author), Joe Farrell (Author), Joe Farley (Author)

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those that lived, worked, and or died in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 16 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.

In this volume:

• Matthew Tilghman: Father of the Revolution in Maryland
• Abraham Baldwin: The Founder of the University of Georgia
• Edward Biddle: Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton: The Catholic Signer
• Daniel Carroll: A Catholic Patriot
• Samuel Chase: First to be Impeached
• Elbridge Gerry: Founder of Gerrymandering
• John Hanson: President of the United States in Congress Assembled
• Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer: Elder Statesman
• Thomas Johnson: One of the Original Supremes
• John Paul Jones: "I have not yet begun to fight!"
• Edward Langworthy: An Orphaned Founder
• Thomas Lynch: South Carolina Son of Liberty
• James McHenry: Secretary of War
• William Paca: Master of Wye
• Thomas Stone: Pacificist Patriot
• Index