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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Home Elbridge Gerry House Marblehead, MA
1775/04/17 Patriots meet at Mr Taylor's house (lost) in Concord. COMMITTEE OF SAFETY: John Hancock, Col Heath, Col Palmer, Cap White, Mr Devens, Col Gardner, Mr Watson, Col Orne, J Pigeon. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES: Col Lee, Mr Gill, Mr Cheever, Mr Gerry, Col Lincoln. Patriot Committee of Supplies Battles of Lexington and Concord
1775/04/18 A Patriot Committee of Safety meets at Weatherby's Black Horse Tavern (lost) in Menotomy (now Arlington). Marker in front of 295 Massachusetts Avenue. Patriot Committee of Supplies Arlington Massachusetts Battles of Lexington and Concord
1775/04/19 Committee of Safety members, Elbridge Gerry, Azor Orne and Jeremiah Lee, who were sleeping at the Black Horse Tavern awake to British soldiers knocking on the door wanting to search the inn. The Patriots escape the Regulars by hiding in a cornfield behind Patriot Committee of Supplies Battles of Lexington and Concord
1776/08/02 Mr Gerry, when we are all hung for what we are now doing. From the size and weight of my body I shall die in a few minutes..., but from the lightness of your body you will dance in the air an hour or two before you are dead. - BH to Elbridge Gerry Signer, Representing Massachusetts US Declaration of Independence Independence Hall Philadelphia, PA American Colonies Declare Independence from Great Britain
1787/09/17 Elbridge Gerry declines to sign the United States Constitution. Non-Signer, Representing Massachusetts Independence Hall Philadelphia, PA Constitutional Convention
1789/04/30 Following his inauguration George Washington walks up Broadway to St Paul's for the service. John Adams and both houses of congress which included future president James Madison and future vice president Elbridge Gerry, also attend. Congressman St Paul's Chapel New York City Inauguration of the first President of the United States
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