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American Founding Father and politician
Edward Langworthy
(1738–1802) was an American
Founding Father
and teacher who was a delegate to the
Continental Congress
from
Georgia
. He signed the
Articles of Confederation
.
Langworthy was born in
Savannah, Georgia
, in 1738. Nothing is known of his ancestors since he was a
foundling
. He was raised in the Bethesda Orphan House in Savannah and was educated in the school there. He later taught in that same school. Since he was born only five years after
James Oglethorpe
shipped the first colonists to Georgia, his parents were likely included with those recruited from debtors' prisons or poorhouses.
Langworthy began working with Georgia's
Committee of Safety
and was their secretary when they became a revolutionary Council of Safety on December 11, 1775. The Georgia assembly sent him to the
Continental Congress
in 1777, and he arrived in time to sign the Articles of Confederation. He served in the Congress until 1779.
Edward moved to
Baltimore
, Maryland, in 1785. He married a young lady named Wright, and the couple had four children. He also bought a part interest in a newspaper
The Maryland Journal & Baltimore Advertiser
and became its editor. In 1787, he sold his interest and became an instructor at the Baltimore Academy.
In 1795, Langworthy was made the clerk of customs for Baltimore, a post he held until his death. He died of
yellow fever
on November 2, 1802, and was buried at the Old Episcopal Church. The church was torn down in 1891, and details of any re-interment are unknown.
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