Rutledge, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in 1739 in Charleston, S. C. He was a delegate to the continental congress; and in 1776 was appointed president of South Carolina, and commander-inchief of that colony, having also been a member of the convention of 1774. He was governor of the state in 1779; chancellor of the state in 1784; and was was a member of the convention to frame the constitution of the United States, and signed that instrument. He was a representative in congress from 1797 to 1803. After having been judge of the court of chancery, chief justice of South Carolina, and judge of the supreme court of the United States, he was finally promoted to the position of chief justice, but was not confirmed by the senate. He died in July, 1800, in Charleston, S. C.
RUTTENBER, EDWARD MANNING, antiquarian, author, was born July 17, 1824, in Bennington, Vt. He is an anti- 811'. quary of Newburg, N. Y., who has pub-- lished a History of Newburg; History of Orange County; and History of the Hudson River Tribes.