Crowninshield, Jacob, 1770-1808

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Birth 1770-03-31
Death 1808-04-15

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Shipping merchant, politician.

Jacob Crowninshield, born in 1770, a son of George Crowninshield and Mary Derby, started his career as a sea captain and merchant in the family business. He is remembered as the man who brought the first live elephants to New York, 1796, the same year that he married Sarah Gardner. He later engaged in politics, as a Massachusetts state senator, 1801, and a United States Representative for Massachusetts, 1803-1808.

In 1805, he declined the position of United States Secretary of the Navy, which he was offered by Thomas Jefferson. Jacob died in 1808.

From the description of Letter, 1806. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 49961947

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  • Legislators
  • Merchants
  • Shipping

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)

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