Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860
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Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860
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Watson, John F.
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Watson, John Fanning
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Watson, John Fanning (Philadelphia)
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Watson, John Fanning (Philadelphia)
Watson, John Fanning, Mrs.
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Watson, John Forbes
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Watson, John Forbes
Watson, John Fanning, 1779-1860.
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Watson, John Fanning, 1779-1860.
Watson, John Fanning (New York)
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Watson, John Fanning (New York)
Watson, John Fleming, 1779-1860,
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Watson, John Fleming, 1779-1860,
Author of Annals of Philadelphia, 1779-1860
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Author of Annals of Philadelphia, 1779-1860
Annals of Philadelphia, Author of 1779-1860
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John F. Watson was an antiquarian, publisher and financier. He was born in New Jersey but later settled in Germantown, Pa.
American publisher, financier and antiquarian.
John Fanning Watson, Pennsylvania antiquarian, publisher, and financier. Until 1804, he held a clerkship in the War Department, and later served in New Orleans as commissary of provisions for the army posts in Louisiana. In 1806, Watson returned to Philadelphia, and three years later opened a bookstore and published Select Reviews of Literature and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines (later the Analectic Magazine). From 1814 to 1847, he was cashier of the Bank of Germantown, and until 1859 served as treasurer and secretary of the Philadelphia, Gemrnatown & Norristown railroad. In 1820 Watson began collecting data on earliest inhabitants of Philadelphia. For this purpose, he traveled extensively and corresponded with the descendants. His findings were published in the Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the olden time (1830, reprinted in 1842 and 1856), and other works.
John Fanning Watson, antiquarian, publisher, author, and financier.
Antiquarian, publisher, author, financier, and Methodist of Germantown (Philadelphia), Penna.
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