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CARMICHAEL, William, (granduncle of Richard Bennett Carmichael),
a Delegate from Maryland; born at Round Top, in Queen Annes County, Md.,
near Chestertown, Md., birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in
Centerville, Md.; was in London, England, at the beginning of the Revolution; assistant to Silas Deane,
secret agent of Congress at Paris, 1776; went to Berlin in American interests in 1776; named
secretary to the American commissioners in France in 1777, but did not serve, returning to the United
States in May 1778; Member of the Continental Congress, 1778-1779; went to Spain in September
1779 and served as secretary of the legation; appointed Chargé dAffaires at Madrid, Spain, April 20,
1782-May 1794; died in Madrid, Spain, February 9, 1795; interment in a lot adjoining the Roman
Catholic Cemetery.
BibliographyCoe, Samuel Gwynn. The Mission of William
Carmichael to Spain. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1928.
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