[1] During the American Revolutionary War he was commissioned as a colonel in the Princess Anne Battalion in 1781, and in 1788 served on the Constitution Ratification Convention for Worcester County.
[1] When the town of Princess Anne, Maryland was platted, Done bought one of the allotted properties and built a large house there some time before the Revolutionary War.
Later, a local named Zadok Long rented the property from Done and conducted it as a tavern, eventually buying the property on June 17, 1797, and converting it into the Washington Hotel, a local landmark frequented by famous residents of the state.
[2] Done was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Congress in the 1789 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, garnering about 24% of the vote in a loss to George Gale.
[1] Done held various judicial offices between 1791 and 1814, culminating in his appointment to the Maryland Court of Appeals on December 14, 1812, to a seat vacated by the death of Judge William Polk.