LANGWORTHY, Edward, a Delegate from
Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1738; attended a school kept in connection
with the Bethesda Orphan House, of which he was an inmate, and later became an
instructor in the institution; assisted in organizing the Georgia Council of
Safety and became secretary of the council December 11, 1775; Member of the
Continental Congress 1777-1779; signer of the Articles of Confederation; moved
to Baltimore, Md., in 1785; engaged in newspaper work until 1787; teacher of the
classics in Baltimore Academy 1787-1791; moved to Elkton, Md., about 1791, where
he was engaged in writing a history of Georgia; returned to Baltimore in 1795;
clerk of customs from that time until his death in Baltimore, Md., November 2,
1802. - -Biographical
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