▁Representatives ▁from ▁Pennsylvania ' s ▁ 1 st ▁con gression al ▁district ▁from ▁ 1 8 1 9 ▁to ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁and ▁from ▁Pennsylvania ' s ▁ 4 th ▁con gression al ▁district ▁from ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁to ▁ 1 8 2 7 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Samuel ▁Edwards ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ch ester ▁Township , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁He ▁studied ▁law , ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁Del aware ▁County ▁bar ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 6 ▁and ▁comm enced ▁practice ▁in ▁Ch ester , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁ ▁Edwards ▁was ▁originally ▁a ▁Federal ist ▁and ▁was ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 1 2 ▁meeting ▁in ▁Ch ester , ▁Pennsylvania ▁that ▁den ounced ▁Congress ▁for ▁declaring ▁war ▁on ▁Great ▁Britain . ▁ ▁However ▁once ▁the ▁war ▁was ▁on ▁he ▁supported ▁the ▁U . S . ▁effort . ▁ ▁In ▁ ▁April ▁ 1 8 1 3 , ▁he ▁and ▁Thomas ▁D . ▁Anderson ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁and ▁provided ▁their ▁personal ▁funds ▁as ▁bond ▁for ▁military ▁prov isions ▁and ▁am mun ition ▁to ▁arm ▁a ▁company ▁of ▁Sold iers ▁from ▁Ch ester ▁during ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁military ▁prov isions ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁F ren cht own ▁to ▁help ▁fight ▁the ▁attack ▁by ▁British ▁Admir al ▁George ▁C ock burn . ▁ ▁The ▁Ch ester ▁troops ▁march ed ▁to ▁El k ton , ▁Maryland ▁to ▁resist ▁the ▁British ▁Forces . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 8 1