1747-1812. Member of Continental Congress and of Annapolis Convention. A framer of United States Constitution, which Delaware was first to ratify. Appointed first District Judge of Delaware by President Washington. Purchased this property 1793 as country home, naming it “Lombardy”. Buried at Tenth and Market Streets, Wilmington. Reinterred 1921 at Masonic Home.
NC-6. Installed in 1933.
1611 Concord Pike Wilmington 19803
Related Topics: American Revolution, Continental Congress, George Washington, Gunning Bedford, Historical Markers, Jr., Lombardy, United States Constitution, Wilmington
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