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"'''Richard Bassett''' was a well-to-do planter and lawyer who also enjoyed careers as soldier, judge, legislator, and [[Governor]]. At the Constitutional Convention, he played a silent role and confined himself to casting votes on the issues as they arose." <ref>http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/constitution/bio2.htm</ref>

"'''Richard Bassett''' was a well-to-do planter and lawyer who also enjoyed careers as soldier, judge, legislator, and [[Governor]]. At the [[Constitutional Convention]], he played a silent role and confined himself to casting votes on the issues as they arose." <ref>http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/constitution/bio2.htm</ref>

"Bassett (Basset) was born in Cecil County, MD., in April 1745. After his tavern-keeper father deserted his mother, he was reared by a relative, Peter Lawson, from whom he later inherited Bohemia Manor (MD.) estate. He read for the law at Philadelphia and in 1770 received a license to practice in Dover, DE. He prospered as a lawyer and planter, and eventually came to own not only Bohemia Manor, but homes in Dover and Wilmington as well.

"Bassett (Basset) was born in Cecil County, MD., in April 1745. After his tavern-keeper father deserted his mother, he was reared by a relative, Peter Lawson, from whom he later inherited Bohemia Manor (MD.) estate. He read for the law at Philadelphia and in 1770 received a license to practice in Dover, DE. He prospered as a lawyer and planter, and eventually came to own not only Bohemia Manor, but homes in Dover and Wilmington as well.