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| Name | Robert Alexander |
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Baltimore, Maryland , United States |
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| Website | None |
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00, 1740
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| Died | November 20, 1805
(65 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | U Ole Polecat
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| Info | Professional Positions: lawyer, admitted the following courts: Annapolis MayorÆs Court, 1761, Cecil County, 1761, Baltimore County, 1761, Provincial Court, 1762, Anne Arundel County, 1765, Chancery Court, 1768, Harford County, 1774; farmer, 1765-77
Maryland Service: commissioner, Baltimore Town, 1768; committee of Observation, Baltimore Town, 1774; Conventions, Baltimore County, 1774-76; 1st Council of Safety, Western Shore, 1775
National Service: delegate, Continental Congress, 1775-76 (elected December 9, 1775 to fill vacancy; did not attend until January 1776; reelected in May 1776 and July 1776; no record of attendance after May 15, 1776); became a Loyalist and fled Maryland, September 1777 Other Service member, British board ôto direct and control operations of Associated Loyalists,ö 1781-82; represented Maryland Loyalists in their claims for relief by the British government, 1784-?
after the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence he fled from Maryland to the British Fleet, joined the Associated Loyalists of America, and in 1782 sailed for London, England, where he remained; in 1780 he was adjudged guilty of high treason and his property was confiscated; died in London, England
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