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Francis Dana

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Chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1743 to 1811 · aged 67
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Francis Dana was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777-1778 and 1784.

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Francis Dana was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777-1778 and 1784. A signer of the Articles of Confederation, he was secretary to the diplomatic mission that negotiated the end of the American Revolution, and was appointed Minister to Russia. He later served as a member of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and served as the chief justice for 15 years.

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United States
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Politicians
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Public Official
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deceased
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Lived 1743 to 1811 · aged 67
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