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Francis Scott Key
Title: Francis Scott Key
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 263 | Pages: 1.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key was born in Frederick County, now known as Carroll County, Maryland on August 1st of 1779. He was born into a family established in Maryland, and grew up on the family estate of “Terra Rubra.” There, in his hometown, he attended grammar school, and then went on to St. Johns College in Annapolis. Key graduated college at 17 years old, in 1796.*** By 1805, Key had began to practice law in Georgetown, Maryland. By 1814, he had …showed first 75 words of 263 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 263 total…to American troops, a duty he had no expertise in. During this war, Key’s friend, Dr. William Beanes was taken prisoner by the British army soon after its departure from Washington. Key left Baltimore to obtain the services of Colonel John Skinner, the government’s prisoner of war exchange agent. Skinner and Key sailed on a truce ship down the bay and met the British Fleet. Successfully and cleverly, Key negotiated Dr. Beanes release.
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