Dana, Francis
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 13, 1743, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the continental congress from 1776 to 1779 and in 1784; signed the articles of confederation; was secretary of legation at Paris under John Adams; and was appointed minister to Russia, but not officially received. He was chief justice of the state from 1792 to 1806, when he resigned. In 1797 he was appointed minister to France. His father was Richard A. Dana, the poet. He died April 25, 1811, in Cambridge, Mass.