AMENDATORY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS, TO WHOM WAS RE-COMMITTED ON THE TWENTY SECOND ULTIMO, THEIR REPORT IN RELATION TO THE CONTESTED ELECTION OF PHILIP B. KEY, THE MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS HOUSE FOR THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT .

.IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. February 24, 1808. 4pp. Disbound. Very good. Contains a short recap of Key's life The committee rejects the claim that Philip Barton Key is not eligible to serve in the House due to being a pensioner or half pay officer to the King of England. Key was a loyalist Army Officer who joined the British after the declaration of independence, he was subsequently captured by the Spanish in Pensacola and made prisoner. However, there was no evidence that Key ever took the oath of allegiance to the King, but once he entered into public service in Maryland he took an oath of allegiance to the United States. Philip Barton Key was Francis Scott Key's uncle. Francis named his son Philip Barton Key II (1818-1859) in his honor. Shaw & Shoemaker 16362. Greely, p. 484. OCLC: 81509831 [1], 10629608 [2]. [Key, Philip Barton, 1757-1815].