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St Thomas Jenifer Speech

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Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, one of the five delegates from Maryland at the Continental Convention was born in 1723 at a retirement estate in Charles County, Maryland. Jenifer 's education was widely unknown, however, nearing adulthood he was granted ownership of a large estate near Annapolis, called Stepney. He held many post up the ladder of the government, mainly as justices for higher and higher courts. Later he became president of Maryland 's council of safety and then the first president of Maryland 's state senate. Jenifer was a conservative nationalist, he wanted a strong central government as well as a permanent union of the states and Congress to have power of taxation, thus being a Federalist. His opinions of the Continental
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