Person:Richard Peters (49)

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Richard Peters, Esq.
b.22 Jun 1744 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
d.22 Aug 1828 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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  1. Richard Peters, Esq.1744 - 1828
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  1. Richard Peters, Esq.1780 - 1848
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Name Richard Peters, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Jun 1744 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Sarah Robinson
Death[1][2] 22 Aug 1828 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Reference Number Q7328387 (Wikidata)
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Peters (Continental Congress), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Dec 2022.

    Richard Peters (June 22, 1744 – August 22, 1828) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, Continental Army soldier, Federalist politician, author and United States District Judge. Before his federal judicial service in the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, Peters served as secretary of the Continental Board of War, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and as member and speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and later the Pennsylvania State Senate. His son of the same name, Richard Peters became reporter of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. ...

  2. ↑ MATRICULATES. 1761., in University of Pennsylvania, Biographical Catalogue of the Matriculates of the College: Together with Lists of the Members of the College Faculty and the Trustees, Officers and Recipients of Honorary Degrees, 1749-1893. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1894)
    7.

    + RICHARD PETERS, JR., A.M., 1765. LL. D., 1827.
    b. Phila. co., June 22, 1743  ;
    d. Phila. co., Aug. 22, 1828.
    s. William Peters and Mary Breintnall.
    Entered May, 175S. Valedictorian.
    Lawyer.
    Register of the Admiralty, 1771, until the Revo.
    Capt. Cont. Army, 1775.
    Sec. Cont. Bd. of War, 1776-81.
    Mem. Cont. Cong,, 17S2-83.
    Mem. and Speaker Penna. Assem., 1787-90.
    Speaker Penna. State Senate, 1791.
    Judge U.S. Dist. Ct., Penna., 1792-1828.
    Trustee, 1789-91.
    Edited "Admiralty Decisions Dist. Ct. of U. S., 17S0-1807."
    m. Sarah, dau. Abraham Robinson.
    See Simpson, Appleton. Address by Samuel Breck.

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