See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

CHRISTOPHER See also:

• CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN (1724-1805)
• GADSDEN, JAMES (1788-1858)

GADSDEN (1724-1805)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American patriot, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina, in 1724 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• GADSDEN, CHRISTOPHER (1724-1805)
• GADSDEN, JAMES (1788-1858)

Gadsden, was for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector for the See also:

• PORT

port of Charleston . See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher went to school near See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol, in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, returned to See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1741, was afterwards employed in a counting See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, and became a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant and planter at Charleston . In 1759 he was See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of an See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery See also:

• COMPANY

company in an expedition against the Cherokees . He was a member of the South Carolina legislature almost continuously from 176o to 178o, and represented his See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province in the See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

Stamp See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress of 1765 and in the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental Congress in 1774-1776 . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1776 he was placed in command of all the military forces of South Carolina, and in See also:

• OCTOBER

October of the same See also:

• YEAR

year was commissioned a brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and was taken into the Continental service: but on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of a dispute arising out of a conflict between See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and Federal authority resigned his command in 1777 . He was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of his state in 1780, when Charleston was surrendered to the See also:

• BRITISH

British . For about three months following this event he was held as a prisoner on See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole within the limits of Charleston; then, because of his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in deterring others from exchanging their paroles for the privileges of British subjects, he was seized, taken to St See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine, See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, and there, because he would not give another parole to those who had violated the former agreement affecting him, he was confined for See also:

• FORTY

forty-two See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks in a See also:

• DUNGEON

dungeon . In 1782 Gadsden was again elected a member of his state legislature; he was also elected governor, but declined to serve on the ground that he was too old and infirm; in 1788 he was a member of the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which ratified for South Carolina the Federal constitution; and in 1790 he was a member of the convention which framed the new state constitution . He died in Charleston on the 28th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1805 . From the time that Governor Thomas See also:

• BOONE
• BOONE, DANIEL (1734-1820)

Boone, in 1762, pronounced his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to the legislature improper, and dissolved the House in consequence, Gadsden was hostile to the British See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . He was an ardent See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the opposition to the Stamp Act, advocating even then a separation of the colonies from the See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; and in the Continental Congress of 1774 he discussed the situation on the basis of inalienable rights and liberties, and urged an immediate attack on General Thomas See also:

• GAGE
• GAGE, LYMAN JUDSON (1836– )
• GAGE, THOMAS (1721–1787)

Gage, that he might be defeated before receiving reinforcements .