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distinguished talents and such eminent virtues and usefulness, he could not forbear to hope that this court, of which
Chancellor Kilty had been formerly the chief judge, and this bar, which could bear such ample testimony to his work and excellence, would not deem it out of place to show, by some public act, their general sorrow for the melancholy event, and their high respect for the memory of the deceased. The court, upon the motion being seconded by Mr. Swann, the District Attorney, and carried, adjourned. It was resolved that the members of the bar of the court wear
385:, 5 H. & J., 403, the court said that "the book was compiled, printed and distributed under the sanction of the State for the use of its officers and is a safe guide in exploring an otherwise very dubious path". Kilty also undertook other public activities during his Chancellorship. In 1807, he was appointed to a committee of prominent citizens to address a British blockade of American vessels; and in January 1808 he assisted in drafting a resolution further condemning British actions against U.S. shipping.
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This morning, shortly after the meeting of the court, Colonel Ashton, a member of the bar, stated to the court that the death of
William Kilty, late Chancellor of Maryland, had just been announced to the public; that penetrated with deep regret himself at the loss of a citizen and officer of such
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Kilty married
Elizabeth Middleton (1757-1807) In 1790, Kilty lived with her and a slave in Prince George's County, Maryland. In the 1810 federal census, Chancellor Kilty's Annapolis household included three slaves. The following year his brother died, and that widow petitioned to receive his
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Surgeon's Mate from April 1778 to April 1780, when he was promoted to the regimental Surgeon. His elder brother John Kilty was Captain of Dragoons in the Maryland Line of the Continental Army (and later Brigadier General of the Maryland militia). Taken prisoner at the
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in 1787. He was appointed compiler of the laws of
Maryland from 1798 to 1800. He published the two volumes known as "Kilty's Laws", then moved to the new federal city (established in 1790), and settled in
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Appeals and the profession generally, but the Assembly took no action on his report other than ordering the printing of one thousand copies. In
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January 26, 1802, and Kilty received his commission the same day. On January 27, 1806, Kilty resigned to become Chancellor of Maryland as discussed below.
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Kilty held that office until his death on October 10, 1821, in Annapolis. A memorial was held on October 11, 1821, in the Baltimore County Court, and the
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