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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 5, 2015
Caption: Edward Johnson
Additional Description: This 1817 portrait of Edward Johnson by Rembrandt Peale hangs in the Maryland Historical Society Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

“Edward Johnson served six two-year terms as mayor of Baltimore and led the city during the tumultuous period from 1812 to 1814. In 1812, Johnson navigated the brutal riot directed towards anti-war newspaper publisher. Alrexander Contee Hanson. Although Johnson remained staunchly anti-British, he put his own political opinions aside and led Hanson and his followers to the city Jail where he mistakenly thought they would be protected. In 1814, Johnson headed the Committee of Vigilance and safety and directed preparations for a British invasion. His obituary lauded him as ‘…one of the most benevolent men that ever lived.’” — Maryland Historical Society
Submitted: August 29, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p361024
File Size: 1.462 Megabytes

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