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HARTLEY, Thomas, soldier, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, 7 September, 1748; died in York, Pennsylvania, 21 December, 1800. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in York, Pennsylvania He served in the Revolutionary war, and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of Irvine's regiment, 9 January, 1776, and was colonel of the 6th Pennsylvania in the same year. Colonel Hartley commanded an expedition in October, 1778, against the savages who had been concerned in the Wyoming massacre, destroyed their settlement, killed many of them, and recovered part of the property that they had carried away. He was a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives in 1778, and was elected a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, serving by continuous re-elections from 4 March, 1789, to 21 December, 1800. He was one of the council of censors in 1783, and a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention that adopted the national constitution.
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