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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Middleton, Arthur
Middleton, Arthur (son of Henry Middleton), a Delegate from South Carolina; born at "Middleton Place," his father’s estate, on the Ashley River, near Charleston, Berkeley County, S.C., June 26, 1742; received his early education from private tutors and schools in Charleston; attended school at Hackney, Westminster School, and St. John’s College, Cambridge University, in England; studied law at the Temple in London, but did not practice; returned to South Carolina in 1763 and engaged in planting; justice of the peace of Berkeley County in 1765; member of the provincial house of commons 1765-1768; traveled extensively in Europe 1768-1771; again a member of the provincial house of commons 1772-1775; delegate to the provincial convention in 1774 and 1775; again justice of the peace 1776-1786; member of the council of safety in 1775 and 1776; delegate to the provincial congress which formed a State constitution in 1776; served in the Revolutionary War; held a prisoner by the British from May 1780 to July 1781 when he was exchanged and returned to South Carolina; Member of the Continental Congress 1776-1778 and 1781-1783; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; elected Governor of South Carolina in 1778, but declined; member of the State house of representatives 1778-1780, 1785, and 1786; served in the State. senate in 1781 and 1782; member of the privy council in 1782; member of the board of trustees of Charleston College; died at "The Oaks," near Charleston, S.C., January 1, 1787; interment in the family mausoleum at "Middleton Place," near Charleston, S.C.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Middleton, Arthur," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1560 Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8YG38C4P8SDMWV.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Middleton, Arthur." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1560, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8YG38C4P8SDMWV.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Middleton, Arthur' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1560. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8YG38C4P8SDMWV.
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