Isaac Motte (December 8, 1738 – May 8, 1795) was an American soldier and statesman from
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
. He served as a colonel in the
Revolutionary War and represented
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
in the
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America, and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War. ...
from 1780 to 1782.
References
External links
Biographic shetch at U.S. Congress website
1738 births
1795 deaths
Continental Congressmen from South Carolina
18th-century American politicians
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