Bend, William Bradford, 1792-1852

William Bradford Bend served as President of the Niagara Fire Insurance Company of New York. He was born in Baltimore, the son of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Grove John Bend and Mary Boudinot Hatfield Bend. He married Catherine Ann Thomas in 1836 in New York, and they had five children. He's buried at Old Saint Pauls Cemetery in Baltimore.

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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.