Philip Barton Key II
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Philip Barton Key II was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. He is most famous for his public affair with Teresa Bagioli Sickles, and his eventual murder at th
Harper's Weekly engraving of Philip Barton Key from a photograph by Mathew Brady
Harper's Weekly engraving of Daniel Sickles shooting Key
Harper's Weekly engraving of Mrs. Sickles from a photograph of Mathew Brady
Francis Scott Key
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Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which was set to a popular British tune and eventua
Philip Barton Key II
…defense of temporary insanity, the first time the defense had been successfully used in the United States. Born in Georgetown, D.C., Key was the son of Francis Scott Key and the great-nephew of Philip Barton Key. He was also a nephew of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. He married Ellen Swan, the daughter of a Baltimore…
Key c. 1825
Mary Tayloe Lloyd, early 1800s
Maryland Historical Society plaque marking Key's birthplace
Fort McHenry looking towards the position of the British ships, with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the distance on the upper left