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Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817

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Samuel Meredith (1741 – February 10, 1817) was an American merchant and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, he attended Doctor Allison's Academy there before engaging in mercantile pursuits. Meredith served in the Revolutionary War as major and lieutenant colonel of the Third Battalion of Associators in 1776, was promoted to brigadier general of Pennsylvania Militia in April 1777 before resigning in 1778. Twice a member of the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly, he s...

Cadwalader, Lambert, 1742-1823

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Lambert Cadwalader (December 1742 – September 13, 1823) was an American merchant and leader in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He fought in the Revolutionary War, then represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Congress. Born in Trenton in the Province of New Jersey, his family moved to Philadelphia when Cadwalader was a child, where he attended Dr. Allison's Academy and the College of Philadelphia (later the University of Pennsylvania). Before graduating from the latter, he...

Clymer, George, 1739-1813

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George Clymer (March 16, 1739 – January 23, 1813) was an American politician and Founding Father of the United States, signing both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Although fact-checkers claim he never held slaves, it would appear that Clymer held slaves as some point in his life. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. He attended the Continental Congress and served in political office until the end of his life. Born in Phil...

Thomas, Meredith

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S. A. Law

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Heysham, John, 1753-1834

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Francis, Tench, 1730-1800

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Tench Francis of the firm of Francis and Relfe was a Philadelphia general merchant. From the description of Ledger, 1759-1761. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625404 ...

Clymer, William Bingham, 1801-1873

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John Read

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Wharton, Charles Henry, 1748-1833

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State of Pennsylvania

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Law, Samuel Andrew, 1771-1845

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Lawyer, land agent, and judge, of Meredith, N.Y.; native of Cheshire, Conn. From the description of Samuel Andrew Law papers, 1798-1845. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 457248754 Samuel A. Law was a lawyer, farmer, land agent, postmaster, politician, merchant, saw mill owner and community leader in Delaware County, N.Y. As a dealer in land Law acted mainly as an agent for the Drinker, Fisher, Meredith and Clymer, and Wharton in...

Edward Price

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Tench Francis

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Knox, William, 1732-1810

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William Knox began life in Ulster as the precocious child of a strongly evangelical Anglican family, and throughout a long career spent in service to the crown, he girded himself with his faith and a dogged allegiance to imperial authority. As the quintessential Anglo-Irish power seeker, Knox always remained something of a political outsider, even while enjoying a positions of great prestige and influence in colonial circles. Never afraid of controversy, quick to publish, and not in...

George Clymer Estate

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Samuel F. Fisher

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Anne Dickinson

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James Gibson

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