Hoffman, David, 1784-1854

David Hoffman was a legal scholar who taught law at the University of Maryland from 1814-1843. He held a doctorate in Law from the University of Maryland, Oxford University, and the University of Göttingen. During the Baltimore Riots of 1812, he was holed up with the the Federalists on July 27th, and he was nearly hung by the mob. His father, Peter Hoffman, was a merchant of Baltimore who ran Peter Hoffman & Son, a dry goods business. David Hoffman married Mary McKean in Philadelphis on January 8, 1816, and they had at least two children. He died in New York City.

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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.