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==Early life==
==Early life==
Few was born near Baltimore, [[Maryland]], on June 8, 1748. His family moved to Orange County, [[North Carolina]] in 1758. With the exception of a brief period in the 1760s, Few was essentially self-educated. He found time to read and study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1776.,<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000100</ref><ref>http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/few.htm</ref>
Few was born near Baltimore, [[Maryland]], on June 8, 1748. His family moved to Orange County, [[North Carolina]] in 1758. With the exception of a brief period in the 1760s, Few was essentially self-educated. He found time to read and study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1776.,<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000100</ref><ref>http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/few.htm</ref>
In 1788, Few married Catherine Nicholson who was the daughter of the well known Commodore James Nicholson.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1u1qBCLxmCQC&pg=PR14 Mary Telfair to Mary Few: Selected Letters, 1802-1844]</ref>
==Military Service==
==Military Service==
==Later Political Service==
==Later Political Service==
In 1789, Few was elected to the [[United States Senate]] as one of [[Georgia]]'s original Senators. He served through 1793, and was appointed a judge of the circuit court of Georgia in 1794—a position he held until 1797.
In 1789, Few was elected to the [[United States Senate]] as one of [[Georgia]]'s original Senators, serving together with James Gunn. He served through 1793, and was appointed a judge of the circuit court of Georgia in 1794—a position he held until 1797.
In 1799, he moved to the state of New York, and served in the New York state assembly from 1802-1805.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA1048 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, Inclusive]</ref>
In 1799, he moved to the state of New York, and served in the New York state assembly from 1802-1805.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA1048 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, Inclusive]</ref>
==Later life==
==Later life==
At the urging of his wife Catherine, they relocated to New York. Once there, he was director of Manhattan Bank from 1804 to 1814.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8zcjYPZxPV0C&pg=PA90 Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Biographical Dictionary]</ref>
==Views on Slavery==
==Views on Slavery==
==References==
==References==
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