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Francis Scott Key A Portrait Of A Patriot
Francis Scott Key was more than the author of the Star Spangled Banner. A Maryland lawyer and diplomat, he came from a Patriot and Loyalist family, shaped by Uncle Philip Barton Key, and rose to prominence through notable cases with Roger Taney. He wrote the anthem after the Fort McHenry bombardment, then influenced politics, abolitionist and colonization efforts, and public service before dying in 1843.
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United States of America
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Terra Rubra
Maryland Redlands
KX Key
John Ross Key
Boston
Maryland
George Washington
Key
Virginia
Lafayette
Benedict Arnold
Lord Cornwallis
Philip Barton Key
Philadelphia
England
Philip
Ann Phoebe Charlton Key
Uncle Philip
St. John’s College
Annapolis
St. John’s
Jeremiah Townley Chase
America
Robert Treat Paine
Massachusetts
Frederick
Georgetown
Washington
Samuel Chase
Supreme Court
Chase
Erich Bollman
Samuel Swarthout
Burr
Khey
Stephen Decatur
Anacreon
Bladesburg
Winder
Bladensburg
Capitol
Baltimore
Beanes
Upper Marlborough
Skinner
John Randolph
Roanoke
Judge Chase
Baltimore American
Roger Brooke Taney
Andrew Jackson
Kitchen
Taney
Dred Scott
Jackson
Creek
Alabama
Ile
American Colonization Society
Africa
Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Phoebe Stoward
The
Republic
Western Newspaper Union