1. Thomas Hartley was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician from York, Pennsylvania.
11 Facts About Thomas Hartley
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In 1774, Thomas Hartley was appointed first lieutenant of a company of soldiers in York and the following summer was appointed lieutenant colonel of the First Battalion of York County Associators.
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Thomas Hartley served as a member of the 1775 provincial convention at Philadelphia and commanded a 1778 Indian expedition.
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Thomas Hartley served in the Pennsylvania legislature in 1779 and returned to practice law in York.
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Thomas Hartley was a member of the Pennsylvania convention that ratified the federal constitution in 1787.
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Thomas Hartley then represented Pennsylvania in the US House from 1789 until his death in 1800.
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Thomas Hartley frequently attended social and official functions of President Washington and the First Lady.
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Thomas Hartley was among the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati and a trustee of Dickinson College.
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Thomas Hartley was a land prospector and purchased land in present-day Union County, Pennsylvania, which was previously part of Northumberland County.
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Thomas Hartley helped lay out a town, now Hartleton, Pennsylvania, and adjoining Hartley Township was named for him.
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Thomas Hartley died December 21,1800, in York, Pennsylvania, shortly before the end of his sixth term in Congress, and was buried in St John's churchyard in York.