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| − | '''Richard Hutson''' (July 9, 1748 – April 12, 1795) was a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] from the state of [[South Carolina]]. A lawyer and member of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1778 and 1779, Bartlett was a signer of the [[Articles of Confederation]]. Hutson was captured at the siege of [[Charleston]] and held prisoner by the [[British]] from 1780-1781; after his release, he served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1782-1783, and was a member of the 1788 state constitutional convention which adopted the [[United States Constitution]]. <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001017</ref> | + | '''Richard Hutson''' (July 9, 1748 – April 12, 1795) was a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] from the state of [[South Carolina]]. A lawyer and member of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1778 and 1779, Bartlett was a signer of the [[Articles of Confederation]]. Hutson was captured at the siege of [[Charleston]] and held prisoner by the [[British]] from 1780-1781; after his release, he served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1782-1783, and was a member of the 1788 state constitutional convention which adopted the [[United States Constitution]].<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001017</ref> |
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Richard Hutson (July 9, 1748 – April 12, 1795) was a delegate to the Continental Congress from the state of South Carolina. A lawyer and member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779, Bartlett was a signer of the Articles of Confederation. Hutson was captured at the siege of Charleston and held prisoner by the British from 1780-1781; after his release, he served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1782-1783, and was a member of the 1788 state constitutional convention which adopted the United States Constitution.[1]