Crabb, Richard J., 1790-1860

Capt. Richard J Crabb of Montgomery County was among the defenders of the Federalists during the Baltimore Riots of 1812. He was the son of Brig. Gen. Jeremiah Crabb, a U.S. Congressman, and Elizabeth Ridgely Griffith Crabb. He married Catherine Chase in Annapolis on November 4, 1813, they had no children. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1812-1815, and was appointed postmaster of Annapolis in 1836.

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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.