Matthew Clarkson (mayor)
Matthew Clarkson | |
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| 48th Mayor of Philadelphia | |
| In office April 13, 1792 – October 18, 1796 | |
| Preceded by | John Barclay |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Baker |
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| Born | April 1733 New York City, Province of New York, British America |
| Died | October 5, 1800 (aged 67) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Resting place | Christ Church Burial Ground |
Matthew Clarkson (April 1733 – October 5, 1800) was the mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. He was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1785, but did not attend.
Biography[edit]
Clarkson was born in New Jersey in April 1733. He moved to Philadelphia, where he was a justice of the court of common pleas, quarter sessions of the peace, and of the Philadelphia Orphans' court in 1771 and 1772. From 1779-1781 he served as treasurer of the American Philosophical Society, which he was elected to in 1768.[1] He was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1785, but did not serve. He was a member of the board of aldermen in 1789, then served as mayor of Philadelphia 1792–1796.
Clarkson was involved in numerous businesses, notably a dry-goods store on Second Street.[2] He was also part owner of two schooners registered in 1757 and 1758.[3] In 1765 he became involved inland settlement in the British colony of Nova Scotia, where a 100,000-acre township called Monckton was granted by the government in Halifax to Clarkson and several land partners including Anthony Wayne, John Hughes and Benjamin Franklin.[4]
He died in 1800 in Philadelphia, where he was interred in Christ Church Burial Ground.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bell, Whitfield J., and Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, 2:305–311.
- ^ Pennsylvania Journal, Oct. 25, 1764,
- ^ 'Ship Registers for the Port of Philadelphia, 1726-1775,' Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. 26, pp. 128, 140
- ^ Leonard W. Labaree, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, American Philosophical Society, 1968, Vol. 12, pp. 348-9
- United States Congress. "Matthew Clarkson (id: C000472)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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