Uriah Forrest
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United States
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statesman and military leader from Maryland
Maryland
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. Forrest was born in St. Mary's County in southern Maryland. During the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
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, Forrest was injured and lost a leg in the Battle of Germantown
Battle of Germantown
The Battle of Germantown, a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War, was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania between the British army led by Sir William Howe and the American army under George Washington...
. Through his granddaughter, Alice Green, he is the great-grandfather of Don Agustín, Prince of Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide y Green
Don Agustín de Iturbide y Green, Prince of Iturbide was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of independent Mexico, and his consort Empress Ana María...
, the heir of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico and prince of the 1st and 2nd Mexican Empire
Mexican Empire
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s. Uriah Forrest also is a direct male descendent of Thomas Forrest, Esq
Thomas Forrest, Esq
Thomas Forrest, Esq. , was a gentleman financier in the Virginia Company. On October 1, 1608, what is known as the Second Supply, came to the new colony of Virginia aboard the English ship the Mary and Margaret to resupply the colony at Jamestown, Virginia...
a Financier with the Virginia Company
Virginia Company
The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I on 10 April1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America...
who came to the Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607 , it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke...
Colony on the Second Supply
History of the Jamestown Settlement (1607–1699)
Jamestown was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg...
ship in 1608.
After the war, he traveled to London
London
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, but then returned to Maryland. In 1783, Forrest established a tobacco
Tobacco
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export business in Georgetown
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Georgetown is a neighborhood located in northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River. Founded in 1751, the port of Georgetown predated the establishment of the federal district and the City of Washington by 40 years...
, with business partners Benjamin Stoddert
Benjamin Stoddert
Benjamin Stoddert was the first United States Secretary of the Navy from May 1, 1798 to March 31, 1801.-Early life:...
and John Murdock.
Forrest was also active in politics, representing Maryland as a delegate to the Continental Congress
Continental Congress
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in 1787. He also served in the third district of Maryland in the U.S. Congress
United States House of Representatives
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from 1793 to 1794. He also served as mayor of the Town of George, now Georgetown, in 1791 when George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
met with local landowners at his home
Forrest-Marbury House
The Forrest-Marbury House, located at 3350 M Street, Northwest, in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and not far from the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Potomac River was the site of the March 29, 1791 meeting between George Washington and local land-owners. The meeting was to discuss the federal...
to negotiate purchase of the land needed to build the new capital city.