Luther Martin (1748-1826)
MSA SC 3520-875
Sources:
Books and pamphlets:
The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and
District of Columbia. Baltimore: National Biographical
Publishing Co., 1879.
Biography
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-1989.
Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1989.
Biography
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Barnes, Robert W. Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1776-1785.
Lutherville, Maryland: Bettie Carothers, 1975.
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Clarkson, Paul S. and R. Samuel Jett. Luther Martin of Maryland. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970.
Elliott, Jonathan. The Debates...on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. 2d ed., 1836.
Essary, Frederick J. Maryland in National Politics from Charles
Carroll to Albert C. Ritchie. 2d ed. Baltimore: John
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Sketch
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Farrand, Max ed. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. 3 vols. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1966.
Goddard, H. P. "Luther Martin: The 'Federal Bull-Dog.'" Fund-Publication No. 24. Baltimore: The Maryland Historical Society, 1887.
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McLachlan, James. Princetonians, 1748-1768: A Biographical
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Press, 1976.
Biographical
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Moore, Frank, ed. American Eloquence, 1859.
The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. Vol. IV, 1839.
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Van Horn, R. Lee. Out of the Past: Prince Georgeans and
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Newspaper and journal articles:
American Bar Association Journal, Nov./Dec., 1928.
American Law Review, January 1867, 273-81.
"The 'Autobiography' of Luther Martin." Maryland Historical Magazine 50 (1955), 153-171.
Bartgis's Maryland Gazette (marriage notice), 16 January 1784.
Didier, E. L. "Luther Martin." The Green Bag, April, 1891.
Frederick-Town Herald (death notice), 22 July 1826.
Independent Gazette, 17 April 1788.
Maryland Gazette (death notice), 20 July 1826.
Maryland Journal & Baltimore Advertiser, 21 March 1788.
New York Evening Post (obituary), 11 July 1826.
Obrecht, E. D. "The Influence of
Luther Martin in the Making of the Constitution of the United States."
Maryland Historical Magazine
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Pennsylvania Gazette, 23 April 1788.
Primary sources:
George McCall to Samuel Dickinson, 10 May 1788. U.S. Letters 1683-1830, Rutgers University Library.
Martin, Luther. Modern Gratitude pamphlet series, 1802.
Martin, Luther. The Genuine Information, Delivered to the Legislature of the State of Maryland, Relative to the Proceedings of the General Convention, Lately Held at Philadelphia, 1788. Reprinted in Maryland Historical Magazine 5 (1910), 139-150.
Tench Coxe Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
John
Relfe to Tench Coxe, 18 April 1788.
James
Buchanan to Tench Coxe, 28 April 1788.
William
Tilghman to Tench Coxe, 20 April 1788.
Other sources:
Archives of Maryland Historical List on-line.
Draft biography for American National Biography prepared by Gregory Stiverson, September 4, 1991.
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