James Searle

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James Searle (* 1730 in New York City , Province of New York , †  August 7, 1797 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1778 and 1780 he was a delegate for Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress .

Career

James Searle attended public schools in his home country. He later lived in Madeira for 16 years , where he worked in trade with his brother John. In 1765 (according to other sources, 1762) he settled in Philadelphia, where he continued to work in commerce and as an agent for his brother's company. In doing so, he made considerable fortune. In the same year he was one of the signatories of the Non-Importation Agreement , in which the traders called for a boycott of British goods in protest against the Stamp Act . In the 1770s he then joined the revolutionary movement. Between 1776 and 1778 he was a manager of the United States Lottery and in 1778 he was a member of the Navy Board . From 1778 to 1780 he represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress. From 1779 to 1781 he was also a curator of the University of Pennsylvania . Between 1780 and 1782 he was on a diplomatic mission in France and the Netherlands , where he tried unsuccessfully to take out a loan for his home country. From 1784 to 1785 he lived in New York City, where he worked as an agent for an import company. He then returned to Philadelphia, where he died on August 7, 1797.

Web links

  • James Searle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Searle, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , Province of New York
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1797
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania