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Rutledge,
EDWARD, a signer of the
Declaration
of Independence; born in Charleston, South Carolina, November
23, 1749; son of Chief-Justice John Rutledge; completed his law
studies in England, and began practice in Charleston in 1773. He was
a member of the first Continental Congress, and continued there
until 1777. He was distinguished as a debater; was a member of the
first board of war, and was on the committee to confer with Lord
Howe, in 1776. In 1780 he was made a prisoner at Charleston, and
sent to St. Augustine,
and did not return until 1782. In the South Carolina legislature he
drew up (1791) the law abolishing primogeniture, and was an ardent
advocate of the national Constitution. He was governor of
South Carolina from
1798 until his death, in Charleston, January 23, 1800. |