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Birth and legacy of Francis Scott Key
A fragmented obituary note recounts Francis Scott Key born August 1 1779 in Frederick County Maryland, praised as an eloquent lawyer and cultivated poet whose religious verses merit. It describes his 1814 Baltimore bombardment involvement with a flag of truce, and how his impassioned note helped birth the Star Spangled Banner while observing Fort McHenry. It adds curious inserts about diamonds and rubies in a vacuum as decorative aside.
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Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Maryland
Baltimore
Potomac River
Mrr. Key
Mr. Skinner
Baltimoetre
Fort McTienry