Education
Princeton University.
Princeton University.
He adapted the old turnpike laws of Maryland to the new condition of affairs caused by the incorporation of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and was for some years its counsel He took a conspicuous part in the canvass of 1840, and presided at a great ratification meeting, where Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and William C. Preston made speeches. The failure of his eyesight compelled him to relinquish his profession about 1855, and much of his later life was spent in Ohio.
Saint John"s college, Annapolis, gave him the degree of LL. Doctorate. in 1869.
He published " An Historical View of Maryland," which is a standard authority on the early history of the province (Baltimore, 1831). He published "An Historical View of Maryland", a work of very great value dealing with the early colonial days.
He died in Cumberland, Maryland (U.S.) on June 15, 1871.
On account of his oratorical gifts, he wielded an influence of wide extent on the politics as a state legislature. He is said to have contributed more than any other to the prosperity of the Jackson party in Maryland, but subsequently deserted it on the United States bank question.