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bearing was that of dignity and gravity.⁵¹ His scru-
pulously neat dress, and especially his ruffled shirts,
were long remembered by Easton residents.⁵²

Unlike many newspapers of the day, the Republican
Star allowed no coarse epithets, no personal abuse
and invective to fill its columns; and the facts
which it laid before its patrons were substantiated
before printing, and were free from exaggeration.⁵³
In politics, its editor remained with the Republican,
or Democratic party, until its rupture in 1828, when
he opposed the election of General Jackson to the
presidency. ⁵⁴ In religion, he appears as a witness
at a marriage of Friends, in the records of the
Third Haven Meeting,⁵⁵ but for many years attended
the Episcopal Church, and was buried in the White
Marsh cemetery.⁵⁶ His newspaper continued until his
death on May 2, 1832.⁵⁷

51 Easton star. March 13, 1877.

52 Harrison, S.A. op. cit. Biographical annals

53 Easton star. March 13, 1877.

54 Ibid. March 13, 1877,

55 Third Haven, or Tred Avon Friends meeting.

Marriages, Talbot county, Md.

56 Harrison, S.A. op. cit. Biographical annals

57 Ibid. Plographical annals.