Gale, Thadeus or Thomas

Dr. Gale died during the Baltimore Riots on July 27, 1812, entering the premises of the Federal Republican located at 45 Charles Street. He was a Frenchman, an apothecary, and may have had mental health issues. He advertised in the Baltimore papers claiming to heal people with electricity.

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[Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, July 28, 1812, Vol. 3]

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 3 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal. Littleton gives a detailed recount of the riot that occurred in Baltimore on July 27, 1812. Anti-war articles written by Alexander Contee Hanson in the Federal Republican newspaper caused riots against the newspaper. The riot and events occurring afterwards were violent and resulted in the death of at least one man, Dr. Gale. Littleton includes an additional note with some of the names of the men involved.