Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825

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Birth 1758-10-17
Death 1825-04-25

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Epithet: of Add MS 41262

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000269

Epithet: of New York

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x00026a

U.S. delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania and mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.

From the description of Matthew Clarkson correspondence, 1801. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453556

Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825) was an American military officer during the American Revolution and lived in New York City. Matthew Clarkson, Jr. (1796-1883) was a resident of Flatbush. Charles P. McIlvaine (1799-1873) was rector of St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn from 1827 to 1833. William A. Muhlenberg (1796-1877) was an Episcopal minister in Flushing and New York City. Cyrus Bull was secretary of St. Ann's Church.

From the guide to the Clarkson family papers, Bulk, 1812-1815, 1793-1869, (Brooklyn Historical Society)

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Occupations:

  • Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
  • Mayors

Places:

  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
  • Sierra Leone, Colony of, Africa (as recorded)
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Birchtown, Nova Scotia (as recorded)
  • Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Flushing (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)

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