SAMUEL CHASE 1741-1811

This man, Samuel Chase, who played such a bold role in the early formation of our Independence was another man born just at the right time, in just the right place and to just the right circumstances for the job he had to do.
Born to a prominent clergyman and a family well educated and prosperous in Arlington, Maryland Charles was schooled at home in the classics and sent off to study law where he graduated at the head of his class.  Charles Chase was admitted to the Bar at age twenty.
Mr. Chase was chosen for the Provincial Assembly shortly after and his independence of thinking and action quickly offended those members who groveled at the feet of the royal governor.
Chase was quick to damn the Stamp Act and to rally with hose who opposed it.  He even went to the limit by joining a young bunch calling themselves "Sons of Liberty", even to the point of attacking the Stamp Office and destroying the stamps.
Young Chase became such an irritant to the authorities in Arlington that they tried to discredit him which only extended his notoriety and made him more popular with the people.
The people of Maryland elected Samuel Chase as one of the five to the Continental Congress in 1774 while at the same time appointing him to that very important post as member of the "Committee of Correspondence".
Chase was bold and energetic in his desire for complete independence, even though many in the colonies wanted reconciliation  in the dispute.  He was reelected in 1775 and continued with the same zeal for independence.
Early in the spring of 1776 he joined Dr. Franklin and Charles Carroll on a mission to Canada for the purpose of joining them with the colonies in the common effort of independence.  The trip was a failure however.
When they returned to Congress the item of independence was on the table and to his great delight the state of Maryland lifted her restrictions and allowed her delegates vote as they liked  and ,of course, he voted FOR.
Samuel Chase stayed in Congress until 1778 but remained active in the politics of his state, becoming Judge and filling other important areas of Maryland government.  In 1796 he was appointed by President Washington to the Supreme Court and confirmed be the Senate, a fitting place for such a man to finish this life....Medicineman!i