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  The James Madison Research Library and Information Center
Tench Coxe's maternal grandfather was Tench Francis, "the undisputed leader of the Pennsylvania bar of his time," whose eloquence earned him the appointment of attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1741.
Coxe clearly believed in the individual right to arms, and he just as clearly believed that it was wrong for the Pennsylvania farmers to take up arms against a lawful tax that had been duly created through proper constitutional methods.
Tench Coxe and other supporters of Jefferson emphasized that the monarchical tendencies of Adams also were exemplified in his neglect of the militia and support for a standing army.
www.madisonbrigade.com /t_coxe.htm   (2820 words)

  
 Tench Coxe and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 1787-1823 David B. Kopel Stephen Halbrook William and Mary Bill of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
Tench Coxe's maternal grandfather was Tench Francis, "the undisputed leader of the Pennsylvania bar of his time," [27] whose eloquence earned him the appointment of attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1741.
Tench Coxe was the leading interpreter of the meaning of the right to keep and bear arms in the first four decades of the republic.
Coxe is recognized today as a leading expositor of federalist doctrine, and his subsequent career as a public servant and as a political writer supply depth and nuance to the original understanding of the right to keep and bear arms in the early republic.
www.davekopel.com /2A/LawRev/hk-coxe.htm   (11236 words)

  
 Coxe Family Mining Papers - The Family
Born in England in 1640, Daniel Coxe, the ancestor of the Coxe family in America, was a doctor and a land speculator.
By the time the Colonel’s grandson, Tench Coxe, was born in Philadelphia in 1755, the Coxe family name was well-established in America.
Coxes owned thousands of acres of land, despite the fact that Tench’s father, William Coxe, did not share the passion for acquiring and developing new lands that his own father and grandfather had.
www2.hsp.org /collections/coxe/family.html   (572 words)

  
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Tench Coxe was the son of this William and Mary Coxe; born in Philadelphia, May 22, 1755, died July 17, 1824.
Coxe, by his earnest and able presentation of the subject to the members of that body, induced the southern representatives on their return to encourage the raising of cotton fiber, and it is truthfully said that many of them made personal efforts in that line.
Coxe has always been a consistent and ardent Democrat, and in 1880 was elected to the State senate from the twenty-sixth senatorial district, composed of the lower part of Luzerne county and part of Lackawanna county.
ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/pa/luzerne/history/local/bradsby-11b.txt   (9679 words)

  
 Tench Coxe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755– July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788-1789.
Coxe was later arrested, paroled, and joined the patriot cause and supported the new government.
Jacob Cooke, "Tench Coxe and the Early Republic"; 1978, Univ of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1308-7.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tench_Coxe   (282 words)

  
 Tench Coxe
Tench Coxe initiated the purchase of the North Carolina lands that became known as the 'Speculation Lands' and later the 'Speculation Land Company.' During the period of 1795-1797 Coxe actively acquired some 400,000 acres that encompassed portions of McDowell, Henderson, Buncombe, Polk, and virtually all of Rutherford county.
Though Coxe was not known as a reformist early on, by 1785 he had taken the powerlessness of congress in the face of a worsening economy as illustrative of the Articles' inadequacy and he became an ardent supporter of the Federalist cause.
Baird informed Coxe that the trustees of his company were willing to offer a portion or the whole of their holdings east of the Blue Ridge mountains for 9 cents an acre.
toto.lib.unca.edu /findingaids/mss/speculation_lands/biographies/tench_coxe.htm   (1185 words)

  
 Tench (Tinca tinca) | tench fishing, tench coxe, hentai tench   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
A 15lb Tench was caught by Darren Ward from an undisclosed Southern stillwater, falling to a 14mm pop-up boilie whilst fishing for Carp in a pre-baited swim beating the previous record of 14lb 7oz caught by Gordon Beavan in 1993.
Tench tend to be cautious feeders and often play with the bait before confidently taking it.
Tench are a early morning species so try for them at the crack of dawn or at dusk.
www.anglerscircle.co.uk /newsread_print.php?newsid=65   (513 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
Coxe having removed his office (in consequence of the Yellow Fever) to Burlington, in the State of New Jersey, received the letter at the latter place, on the 28th of September 1797, with other dispatches from the Post Office of Bristol, in Pennsylvania.
Coxe in New Jersey; and, by a parity of reasoning, he could not be punished in New Jersey, because it was neither written, nor delivered by him, within the jurisdiction of that State.
Coxe) must be considered, in effect, as one act; and, as far as respects the defendant, it is consummated within the jurisdiction of the Court.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=2&page=384   (2853 words)

  
 The American Society of Arms Collectors
Coxe is a very interesting character; in fact he was the Grandson of the first Purveyor of Public Supplies, Tench Francis.
In 1789, Tench Coxe became a Federalist and was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Coxe encouraged the development of the American Arms industry and wrote many articles on the subject including: A Statement of the Arts and Manufacturers of the United States of America for the year 1810, the results of the manufacturing section of the Census of 1810.
www.americansocietyofarmscollectors.org /89/swordtest2.htm   (3865 words)

  
 One page autograph letter signed to Tench Coxe. - WEBSTER , NOAH.
Tench Coxe (1755-1824), to whom the letter is written, was the noted American political economist and member of the Annapolis Convention, which considered measures for the better regulation of commerce, and which called for the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
How long Webster had known Coxe is not certain, but Webster notes in his diary that they had dined together in February of 1787, just after the close of the Annapolis Convention, and just prior to the start of the Constitutional Convention.
Taking his revenge on Wharton, we may further surmise that Webster writes to Coxe (Coxe being "one of the company concerned" with the adaptation of the Constitution) to register his complaint on the treatment received at the hands of Wharton.
www.antiqbook.com /boox/rul/14286.shtml   (524 words)

  
 Frank Coxe
Tench Charles Coxe, the interviewee's father, sold the hotel in 1924 to E. Grove, developer of the Grove Park Inn, who tore down the original building, leveled the hill which dominated the area, and then built the present Battery Park Hotel.
Coxe offers impressions of the boom mentality of the 1920's and the subsequent "whipped feeling" among the city's business leaders which retarded the city's growth for a long time.
Frank Coxe (1899-) is a descendant of Tench Coxe (1755-1824), prominent Pennsylvania financier and land speculator, who served under Alexander Hamilton in the Treasury Department during the Washington administration.
toto.lib.unca.edu /findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/coxe_f.html   (508 words)

  
 University of Delaware: BURD FAMILY PAPERS
Daniel W. Coxe, son of William (1723-1801) and Mary (Francis) Coxe, was born in Philadelphia on September 20, 1769.
His father, William Coxe, was a prominent judge who held numerous positions; he was a member of the Philadelphia Council, Alderman, a member of the Independent Company of Foot, a trustee of the College of Philadelphia, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Tench Coxe (1755-1824), who was a merchant as well as a member of the Continental Congress.
www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/burd1.htm   (3201 words)

  
 Eckley
A member of the Coxe family was always appointed by the crown, while there was a resident member in the province, as a member of the royal council of New Jersey until the Revolution.
Coxe was also a large proprietor of land in Pennsylvania, and in other of the American colonies.
The connection of Tench Coxe with the great coal industry was but a natural sequence of his keen foresight in the coming America.
www.rootsweb.com /~paluzern/eckley.htm   (2171 words)

  
 Tench Coxe
For this he was reviled by the federalists as a renegade, a Tory, and a British guide, and was rewarded by Jefferson in 1803 with the place of purveyor of public supplies, which he held till 1812.
In 1804 Coxe organized and led a party at Philadelphia opposed to the election to congress of Michael Lieb, and this brought him again into public notice.
The claims of Tench Coxe to remembrance are his labors in behalf of American manufactures, and his statistical writings on political economy.
famousamericans.net /tenchcoxe   (613 words)

  
 American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
Tench Coxe to James Madison, September 1, 1812.
Tench Coxe to James Madison, September 10, 1788.
Tench Coxe to James Madison, September 17, 1789.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleT1.html   (780 words)

  
 Tench Coxe Collection
Tench Coxe was born May 22, 1755 in Philadelphia.
Coxe believed in technology as a means for social growth and supported industrialization and land speculation.
While Coxe also made speculation deals with his subordinates in the Treasury Department, and was seen by some as an opportunist, his activity was not uncommon in the day.
toto.lib.unca.edu /findingaids/mss/coxet/default.html   (566 words)

  
 tench - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about tench
The scales are small and there is a barbel at each side of the mouth.
Casaubon that he had once addressed a dedication to Carp in which he had numbered that member of the animal kingdom among the viros nullo aevo perituros, a mistake which would infallibly lay the dedicator open to ridicule in the next age, and might even be chuckled over by Pike and Tench in the present.
Maggie was frightened lest she had been doing something wrong, as usual, but presently Tom drew out her line and brought a large tench bouncing on the grass.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /tench   (197 words)

  
 American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
Tench Coxe to James Madison, September 1, 1812.
Tench Coxe to James Madison, September 10, 1788.
Tench Coxe to James Madison, September 17, 1789.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleT1.html   (780 words)

  
 The Second Amendment Under Fire: The Uses of History and the Politics of Gun Control
Coxe was a prominent Federalist and had written several essays in defense of the Constitution as part of the spirited debates that had taken place in the press while it was being drafted and ratified.
Lawyer Stephen Halbrook, a leading modern spokesperson for individual rights legal theorists, describes Coxe’s “Remarks” as “the most complete exposition of the Bill of Rights to be published during its ratification period.” Coxe himself described his essay in rather different terms.
To support his claim that Coxe’s view of the Second Amendment captures the intent of those who framed and ratified it, Halbrook claims that “Coxe’s defense of the amendments was widely reprinted.
historymatters.gmu.edu /d/5200   (1624 words)

  
 Tench Coxe: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Coxe joined Sutter Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm, in October 1987 and is currently a Managing Director of the General Partner of Sutter Hill Ventures.
Coxe holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.
Coxe was also recently listed by Forbes magazine as the #5 VC in the country for total return in 2001.
www.zoominfo.com /people/coxe_tench_519528.aspx   (398 words)

  
 FaceTime Communications Board of Directors
Previously, Coxe worked with Lehman Brothers in New York City, where he was a corporate financial analyst specializing in mergers and acquisitions as well as debt and equity financing.
Coxe was also recently listed by Forbes magazine as the #5 VC in the country for total return in 2001.
Coxe graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in economics.
www.facetime.com /company/board.aspx   (990 words)

  
 University Archives Quick Search
Originally in the British army under Howe, Coxe was arrested, and upon his parole, changed sides and became prominent in colonial politics.
A member of the Continental Congress in 1789, Tench Cox served as Purveyor of Public Supplies under Jefferson and Madison from 1803-1812.
In this office, Coxe encouraged the American firearms industry and procured arms for militias in the period leading up to the War of 1812.
www.universityarchives.com /quicksearch.asp?sn=39859-001&show=True&thumbnails=True   (206 words)

  
 USRC Tench Coxe, 1876
Tench Coxe (1755-1824) served as Pennsylvania's delegate to the Continental Congress in 1789 and was appointed as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Alexander Hamilton in 1790.
The Tench Coxe was a 39-ton harbor steam-powered vessel that was built by William T. Malster, in Baltimore, Maryland.
On 23 October her first commanding officer, Revenue Captain (Acting) Eric Gabrielson, was ordered to place the cutter in commission and to "ship crew." Captain Gabrielson placed the Tench Coxe in commission on 27 October 1876.
www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/TenchCoxe1876.html   (201 words)

  
 Tench Coxe - AOL Music
Tench Coxe initiated the purchase of the North Carolina lands that became known as the 'Speculation Lands' and later the 'Speculation Land Company.
Tench Coxe's son, Francis Sydney Coxe came to North Carolina to monitor the Speculation...
Jacob E. Cooke, "Tench Coxe, Alexander Hamilton, and the Encouragement of American Manufactures," The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol.
music.aol.com /artist/tench-coxe/236956/main   (124 words)

  
 name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
The Coxe family history is a study of American history and then some, but that will be a story for another day.
Tench was a delegate to the Continental Congress and was appointed to several important positions in government by Thomas Jefferson.
Tench Coxe's Parents were William Coxe and Mary (Francis) Coxe.
home.ptd.net /~pleides/name.htm   (279 words)

  
 A Sane Gun Policy - History and The Law: Myths and Misquotes
The myth is in the claim, originated by Don Kates that Madison commended Coxe's "explanatory strictures" (Don B. Kates, Jr., Handgun Prohibition and the Original Meaning of the Second Amendment, 82 Mich. L.
First the date of Coxe's essay (June 18) is ten days after Madison first offered his amendments to the House of Representatives and,as such, addresses Coxe's interpreation of the form in which Madison first offered the amendment, not the amendment as finally approved.
In other words, Madison is thanking Coxe for promoting the amendments, not approving of his interpretation.
www.saneguns.org /law/coxe_01.html   (428 words)

  
 BEDHEAD INFORMATION
After parting ways with the viola player in mid-1991, Bubba, Matt and Trini (Tench was going back and forth to Russia to teach English) started practicing again, re-working the older songs and working on new ones.
Tench returned, and Kris, who had neither played bass nor been in a band before, joined the group.
The general idea of Bedhead when we formed was to incorporate the texture and presence of a bowed viola/violin with the timbre of a guitar, hence the unusually high number of guitarists.
www.brainwashed.com /bedhead/info.html   (345 words)

  
 Eckley Miners' Village, Page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
The roots of the Coxe family tree ran wide and deep in Pennsylvania, Judge Charles S. Coxe was the son of Tench Coxe (1755-1824), a prominent thinker whom many called the "Father of American Manufactures" for his philosophy on the burgeoning American economy.
Sharpe, Leisenring and Company negotiated a lease with Judge Coxe in 1854 for the rights to mine, transport, and market coal excavated from a fifteen hundred acre tract owned by the heirs of Tench Coxe.
Council Ridge, located near the leased lands of the Tench Coxe Estate, experienced a construction boom as houses were built for the company's laborers, miners, superintendents, and owners.
www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/eckley/page2.asp   (931 words)

  
 NRA-ILA :: Fact Sheets
In introducing the Bill of Rights in the House of Representatives, James Madison noted that the amendments “relate first to private rights.” Sen. William Grayson observed that they “altogether respected personal liberty.” Tench Coxe wrote, “[T]he people are confirmed by the next article [of amendment] in their right to keep and bear their private arms.”
Constitutional scholars have noted that there is no historical basis for the claim that the Second Amendment protects only a so-called “collective right” of states to arm militias.
Tench Coxe said that the militia “are in fact the effective part of the people at large.” Richard Henry Lee said that the militia “are in fact the people themselves.” George Mason said that the militia consist “of the whole people.”
www.nraila.org /Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=83   (2482 words)

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