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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Ruggles, Timothy 1711-1795
Jurist; born in Rochester, Mass., Oct. 20, 1711; was at the battle of Lake George at the head of a brigade, and was second in command.
The next year (1756) he was made a judge of the court of common pleas, and was chiefjustice of that court from 1762 until the Revolution.
In 1762 he was speaker of the Assembly, and for many years an active member of that body.
He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and was made its president, but refused to concur in its measures.
For this act the legislature reprimanded him. On account of his Toryism he took refuge in Boston, where, in 1775, he tried without success to raise a corps of loyalists.
When the British evacuated Boston (March, 1776) he went with the troops to Halifax, and became one of the proprietors of the town of Digby, N. S. He was a man of great ability and learning, and fluent in speech.
He died in Wilmot, N. S., Aug. 4, 1795.