John Cadwalader (1742-1786) was a merchant and soldier from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a Brigadier General of the Pennsylvania militia during the American Revolutionary War. After the Conway Cabal, he fought a duel with Thomas Conway in 1778 in which Conway was wounded by being shot in the mouth. After the war he moved to Maryland. Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen North American colonies. ... The Conway Cabal refers to a conspiracy in late 1777 and 1778 designed to remove George Washington as commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. ... Thomas Conway (1734-1800) was a French soldier from Ireland who served as a General of the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
He was the father of GeneralJohnCadwalader and of Colonel Lambert Cadwalader.--His grandson, Thomas, soldier, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 28 October, 1779; died there, 31 October, 1841, was the son of GeneralJohnCadwalader, and was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1795.
Cadwalader afterward confined himself to private practice in his profession, and was one of the best-known commercial lawyers in the United States.
Young Cadwalader was graduated at Princeton in 1815 and then studied law, but never practised, he was appointed deputy adjutant-general of the New Jersey militia on 2 June, 1830, aide-de-camp to the governor, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and adjutant-general of the state, with the rank of brigadier-general, on 30 July, 1842.
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