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[[Fort McHenry]] in Baltimore is named after him.

[[Fort McHenry]] in Baltimore is named after him.

==Early Life==

==Early life==

James McHenry was born to Daniel and Agnes McHenry at Ballymena, County Antrim, on November 16, 1753. When about eighteen years of age he took a voyage to America for his health and was so charmed with the country that he persuaded his father to come over and engage in business in Baltimore. After passing some time at Newark Academy, a noted Delaware institution, he moved to Philadelphia and engaged in the study of medicine under [[Benjamin Rush]] then emerging above the professional horizon as a medical luminary of the first magnitude.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hgsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA103 The Surgeon generals of the Army of the United States of America]</ref>

James McHenry was born to Daniel and Agnes McHenry at Ballymena, County Antrim, on November 16, 1753. When about eighteen years of age he took a voyage to America for his health and was so charmed with the country that he persuaded his father to come over and engage in business in Baltimore. After passing some time at Newark Academy, a noted Delaware institution, he moved to Philadelphia and engaged in the study of medicine under [[Benjamin Rush]] then emerging above the professional horizon as a medical luminary of the first magnitude.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hgsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA103 The Surgeon generals of the Army of the United States of America]</ref>

The later years of Secretary McHenry's administration were marred by misunderstandings and disagreements with President [[John Adams]], largely because of McHenry's attachment to his old friend and comrade in arms, [[Alexander Hamilton]], and on May 13, 1800 the strained relations culminated after a stormy discussion with his chief, in the resignation of his portfolio.

The later years of Secretary McHenry's administration were marred by misunderstandings and disagreements with President [[John Adams]], largely because of McHenry's attachment to his old friend and comrade in arms, [[Alexander Hamilton]], and on May 13, 1800 the strained relations culminated after a stormy discussion with his chief, in the resignation of his portfolio.

==Later Life==

==Later life==

From this time he withdrew from public life and lived quietly upon his estates adjacent to the city of Baltimore, where his services to his state and to his country were worthily commemorated by the neighboring works of [[Fort McHenry]], which have permanently preserved his name in the military annals of the nation, and in which, oddly enough the services of another military medical officer have recently been commemorated by the bestowal of his name upon one of its batteries, -Battery Lazear. Living then in elegant retirement but by no means in idleness, Dr. McHenry survived, a respected and honored citizen of the commonwealth, until his death, May 3, 1816.

From this time he withdrew from public life and lived quietly upon his estates adjacent to the city of Baltimore, where his services to his state and to his country were worthily commemorated by the neighboring works of [[Fort McHenry]], which have permanently preserved his name in the military annals of the nation, and in which, oddly enough the services of another military medical officer have recently been commemorated by the bestowal of his name upon one of its batteries, -Battery Lazear. Living then in elegant retirement but by no means in idleness, Dr. McHenry survived, a respected and honored citizen of the commonwealth, until his death, May 3, 1816.

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