The Baltimore City Circuit Court & Baltimore Bar Library Art Collection in Connection with the Maryland State Archives MSA SC 5590

 

Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse COURTROOM 438
	Francis Scott Key, Esq. (1779-1843) Louis P. Dieterich (1841-1922) Oil on canvas, 1914  43 H x 37 W in.  Presented, September 10, 1914  Donor, Avalon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution  Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court  Private Career:  Admitted to the bar, c.1801  Practiced in Frederick, Maryland, 1801  Practiced in Georgetown, Washington D.C., 1801  Public Service:  U.S. District Attorney, District of Columbia, 1833-1841  Comments:  Appeared regularly before the Maryland Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. In 1814, during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry he wrote The Star Spangled Banner which was adopted as the U.S. National Anthem on March 3, 1931.
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