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Francis Scott Key A Portrait of a Patriot
The article details Francis Scott Key life from birth in Terra Rubra Maryland to his legal career and political influence. It covers his family ties including Uncle Philip Barton Key, his role in the Dred Scott era connections via Taney, and his authorship of The Star Spangled Banner after the Fort McHenry bombardment. It also notes his diplomacy, abolition views, colonization work, family life and death in 1843.
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Elmo Scott Watson
United States of America
Francis Scott, Key
Fort MacGenry
Francis Scott Key
Victor Weybright
Farrar and Rinehart
New York
Adam
Red Earth
Weybright
Terra Rubra
Maryland Redlands
Key
John Ross Key
Boston
Maryland
George Washington
Virginia
Lafayette
Benedict Arnold
Lord Cornwallis
Philip Barton Key
Philadelphia
Keys
England
Philip
Ann Phoebe Chariton Key
Uncle Philip
St. John’s College
Annapolis
St. John's
Jeremiah Townley Chase
Mary Tayloe Lloyd
Anacreon
Heaven
Adams
Liberty
France
America
Robert Treat Paine
Massachusetts
Frederick
Georgetown
Washington
Samuel Chase
Supreme Court
Chase
Erich Bollman
Samuel Swarthout
Burr
Khey
Stephen Decatur
Bladesburg
Winder
Bladensburg
Capitol
Baltimore
Beanes
Upper Marlborough
Skinner
Fort McHenry
John Randolph
Roanoke
Judge Chase
Baltimore American
Roger Brooke Taney
Andrew Jackson
Kitchen
Taney
Dred Scott
Elizabeth Phoebe Howard
The
Republic
Western Newspaper Union