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William Paca
William Paca was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. He was born on October 31, 1740 at "Wye Hall" near Abingdon, Queen Anne (now Hartford) county, Maryland.
He attended Philadelphia College and later studied law in Annapolis, Maryland and in London. He returned to Maryland to practice law in Annapolis. He became a member of the provincial assembly and later of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1779 during which time he was a signer of the declaration of independence. He later served in the State Senate. From 1778-80 he was a Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals later becoming Governor of Maryland from 1782 to 1785.
In 1788 he
served as a delegate to the State Convention which ratified the Federal
Constitution and appointed by President Washington as Judge of the United States
Court for Maryland. See William Paca, A Biography by Greogory A. Stiverson.
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