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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cilley , Jonathan 1802 - (search)
Cilley, Jonathan 1802-
Lawyer; born in Nottingham, N. H., July 2, 1802; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825; elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1837, and served until Feb. 24, 1838, when he was fatally wounded in a duel with William J. Graves, a Representative from Kentucky.
The trouble arose from an address in the House of Representatives by Mr. Cilley, in which he denounced a charge of immorality made against some unmarried Representatives in an article published in the New York Courier and Enquirer under the signature of A spy in Washington.
The result of this criticism was the challenge to a duel by Mr. Graves.
The weapons used were rifles; the place, Bladensburg, Md.; and on the third shot Mr. Cilley fell, with a ball through his body.
When the affair became known in Congress, a committee of seven was appointed, and after a thorough investigation, reported that Mr. Graves should be censured by the House for his conduct.
See Bladensburg duelling field.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cilley , Joseph 1735 -1799 (search)
Cilley, Joseph 1735-1799
Military officer; born in Nottingham, N. H., in 1735; took part in the dismantling of the fort at Portsmouth in 1774; led a company of volunteers into Boston after the battle of Lexington; made colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment in 1777; took part in the attack on Ticonderoga and in the actions at Bemis's Heights, Monmouth, and Stony Point.
He died in Nottingham, N. H., Aug. 25, 1799.
Cilley, Joseph 1735-1799
Military officer; born in Nottingham, N. H., in 1735; took part in the dismantling of the fort at Portsmouth in 1774; led a company of volunteers into Boston after the battle of Lexington; made colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment in 1777; took part in the attack on Ticonderoga and in the actions at Bemis's Heights, Monmouth, and Stony Point.
He died in Nottingham, N. H., Aug. 25, 1799.