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in the quartermaster's department during the revolu- 

 tionary war, and the union thus formed continued 

 through the long period of sixty-one years, until her 

 death. 



In the year 1806 he was elected a member of the 

 legislature of the State. He served as such, however, 

 but a single year, declining a re-election. While he 

 was a member, one or two memorials of the Chamber 

 of Commerce and one for the incorporation of The 

 United States Insurance Company were committed to 

 his charge. These brought him into association with 

 the merchants and underwriters of the city, and so sat- 

 isfactory was his management of the trusts committed 

 to him, that immediately after the close of his member- 

 ship much professional business relating to insurance 

 flowed in upon him. To Mr. Edward Tilghman, one 

 of the leaders of the " old Bar," he was indebted for 

 his launch into this department of practice. Mr. 

 Binney has himself given an account of his start 

 in his most interesting sketch of three of those leaders. 

 The case committed to his sole charge by the advice 

 of Mr. Tilghman was " Gibson vs. The Philadelphia 

 Insurance Company," reported in i Binney, page 405. 

 It was one of difficulty, and it involved the application 

 of principles not familiar to most members of the pro- 

 fession even at the present day. The report shows 

 that it was very ably argued by him, and with success. 

 It was the second case which he argued in the Su- 

 preme Court of the State, and it was the beginning 



