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Joseph Pitcairn

Joseph Pitcairn

American diplomat (1764–1844)

Joseph Pitcairn (1764–1844) was an American diplomat, landowner and the American consul to the free Hansa city of Hamburg. The town of Pitcairn[1] in New York State is named in his honour.

He married Lady Edward Fitzgerald, widow of the Irish Republican Lord Edward Fitzgerald in 1800.

They had a daughter Helen (Born Hamburg 27 April 1803 - Died London 17 April 1896)

References

  1. [1]
    http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1431

Further reading

  • Writings of John Quincy Adams (1913) The Macmillan company, New York
  • The quarterly publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Volumes 10-12 (1917)


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