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blockade duty and on the Potomac river, at Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Cape Hat- teras, N C. In 1861 he captured the Confederate schooner York and bombarded the batteries at Mathias Point, Va. He commanded tlie Florida in the South Atlantic squadron in 1803, and the Colorado in the West Gulf squadron in 1863. After the war he was in command of the !^lieiia>i- donh in the East India squadron, 1866-68, and was l)laoed on the retired list in 18T0. He was mar- ried to Mary Pennington of Philadelphia, Pa. He died in Wa.sluns;ton, D.C.. .June 22, 1877.

GOLDSBOROUGH, Louis Malesherbes, naval officer, was born in Washington, D.C., Feb. IS, 1805; son of Charles Washington and Catharine (Roberts) Goldsborough. His father was the author of " U.S. Naval Chronicle "' (1824). Loui.s was admitted as mid- shipman in the U.S. navy in 1813, when seven years of age, and entered active service in 1816, serv- ing under Bainbridge and Stewart in the Mediterranean and Pacific. He was promoted lieutenant in 1825, passed two years in study in Paris, France, and in 1827 joined the frig- ate Korlh Carolina in the Mediterranean and was detailed with the schooner Forpoise to cruise in the Grecian archi- pelago and while commanding a night expedition with four boats and thirty-five men, rescued the English bark Comet which had been captured by Greek pirates. In the combat ninety of the pirates were killed. Lieutenant Goldsborough received the thanks of the English government for this exploit. He then obtained leave of absence, and was married Nov. 1, 1831, to Eliza- beth G., daughter of William Wirt of Virginia, and settled in Florida where he established a colony of Germans on land belonging to his father-in-law. He took j^art in the Seminole war as captain of a company of Florida volun- teers, and afterward as commander of an armed steamer. He was promoted commander in the U.S. navy in 1841 and served during the Mexican, war as executive officer of the frigate Ohio. In 1849 he was senior member of the joint commis- sion of the army and navy appointed to explore California and Oregon. He was superintendent of the U.S. naval academy, 1853-57; was com- missioned captain in 1855; commanded the Le- vant in the Mediten-anean and the Conriress in the Brazil squadron, 1858-60 ; was made flag officer

of the North Atlantic squadron and commanded the Minnesota, 1861 ; directed the naval forces in the Burnside expedition to North Carolina in 1862, and gained possession of the entire sea coast except Wilmington. For his services be received the thanks of congress and promotion to the rank of rear-admiral, July, 1862. He commanded the European sijuadron, 1865-67, and was retired in 1873. He died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 20. 1877.

GOLDSBOROUGH, Robert, delegate, was born at Horn's Point, Dorcliester coimty, Md.. Dec. 3, 1733; son of Charles and Elizabeth (Ennals) Goldsborough, and grandson of Robert and Elizabeth (Greenburg) Gohlsborough. He was a i)hysician by jjrofession and was elected a delegate to the Continental congress, 1774^76, but was absent at home on a sick bed when the Declaration was signed. He was a member of the council of safety and of the convention of the province of Maryland, Aug. 14, 1776, to form a constitution. He was married in England, March 27, 1755, to Sarah, daughter of Richard Yerbury of Bassing Hall Street, London, and they had eight sons and four daughters. He died at Cambridge, Md., Dec. 20, 1788.

GOLDSBOROUGH, Robert, delegate, was born in Myrtle Grove, near Easton, Md., Nov. 8, 1740; son of Robert and Sarah (Nicols) Golds- borough, and grandson of Robert and Elizabeth (Greenburg) Goldsborough. He matriculated at the College of Pennsylvania Aug. 12, 1757, and was graduated in 1760. He was an outspoken patriot and was attorney-general of Maryland, 1768. and a delegate to the Continental congress, 1774-75. He was married Sept. 32, 1768, to Mary Emerson, daughter of Henry Trippe. He was elected in 1791 a member of the American phil- osophical society. He died at Myrtle Grove, near Easton. Md., Dec. 31, 1798.

GOLDSBOROUGH, Robert Henry, senator, was born at Myrtle Grove, near Easton, Md., Jan. 4, 1779; son of Robert and Mary Emerson (Trippe) Goldsborough. He was married Jan. 16, 1800, to Henrietta Maria, daughter of Col. Robert Lloyd Nicols, and of their sons Robert William (1800-18.57) was a P.E. clergyman, and William (1802-1890) was a lawyer and clerk of the Bank of the United States. He was an anti- Jackson Democrat in politics and was U.S. sena- tor, 18.13-19. and again in 1835-36, as successor to Ezekiel F. Chambers, resigned, holding the seat at the time of his death, which occurred at his home in Jlyrtle Grove, Md., Oct. 5. 18.36.

GOLDTHWAITE, George, senator, was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1809; brother of Judge Henry Goldthwaite of the Alabama supreme court. He attended school in Boston and in 1823 entered the U.S. military academy. In 1824 he left the academy and two years later removed to