| 词条 | Henry Harrison (Philadelphia mayor) |
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| office = Mayor of Philadelphia | term_start = October 5, 1762 | term_end = October 4, 1763 | predecessor = Jacob Duché, Sr. | successor = Thomas Willing | birth_date = {{Circa|1712}} | birth_place = Lancashire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1766|01|03|1713}} | death_place = Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Aspden |April 13, 1748|January 3, 1766|reason=his death}} | children = 4 }}Henry Harrison ({{circa|1712}} – January 3, 1766) was a merchant and politician, and the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1762–1763.[1] Early lifeHarrison was born in Lancashire, England in {{circa|1712}}. In his early life, he was captain of the ship The Snow Squirrel.[2] CareerAfter moving to the Province of Pennsylvania in what was then British America, Harrison served as an alderman. He was also a member and vestryman of Christ Church. He became wealthy as a dry-goods merchant.[3] On October 5, 1762, he was appointed mayor of Philadelphia, serving until October 4, 1763.[2] He also served as manager of the Public Hospital and was a local real estate developer.[5] Personal lifeOn April 13, 1748, Harrison married Mary Aspden (1718–1803), formerly of Lancashire and the daughter of Mathew Aspen.[3] In 1760, he built a home in Philadelphia on Coombes Alley (today known as Cuthbert Street).[4] Together, they were the parents of four children:[5]
Harrison died on January 3, 1766 in Philadelphia, where he was buried in Christ Church Burial Ground. His stone is inscribed "Alderman and sometime Mayor of Philadelphia, A Christian and useful Citizen. His desolate Widow, sadly bewailing her irretrievable loss, and striving to alleviate her grief with the memory of his worth, Erected this Stone."[9] His estate was estimated to be worth over £15,086.12.0 which included 157 troy ounces of plate valued at £78.10 (roughly $2,000,000 in 2017 figures).[3] References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Council |first1=Philadelphia (Pa ) Councils Common |title=Minutes of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, 1704-1776 |date=1847 |publisher=Crissy & Markley, Printers |page=685 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fyQWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA685&lpg=PA685 |accessdate=4 February 2019 |language=en}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Mayors of Philadelphia |url=https://www.phila.gov/phils/Mayorlst.htm |website=www.phila.gov |publisher=City of Philadelphia |accessdate=4 February 2019}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |last1=Chicago |first1=Art Institute of |last2=Goldsborough |first2=Jennifer |title=American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago |date=2017 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=9780300222364 |page=84 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L94qDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 |accessdate=4 February 2019 |language=en}} 4. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Carrion |first1=Angelly |title=Old City’s Henry Harrison House Is For Sale By Owner |url=https://www.phillymag.com/property/2013/11/11/cuthbert-street-trinity-old-city-home-for-sale/ |accessdate=4 February 2019 |work=Philadelphia Magazine |date=November 11, 2013}} 5. ^1 {{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=John Woolf |title=Colonial Families of Philadelphia |date=1911 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |page=1048 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kc2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1048 |accessdate=5 February 2019 |language=en}} 6. ^The lives of eminent Philadelphians, now deceased, by Henry Simpson, published by W. Brotherhead, 1859. 7. ^Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, by Henry C. Peden, Jr., published by Heritage Books, 2006. {{ISBN|1-58549-204-3}}, {{ISBN|978-1-58549-204-6}} 8. ^{{cite book |last1=Clark |first1=Edward L. |title=A Record of the Inscriptions on the Tablets and Grave-stones in the Burial-grounds of Christ Church |date=2012 |publisher=Applewood Books |isbn=9781429093095 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_tbmiwLalYC&pg=PA113 |accessdate=5 February 2019 |language=en}} 9. ^[https://archive.org/details/recordofinscript00chri A record of the inscriptions on the tablets and gravestones in the burial-grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia], Collins, Printer (1864) External links
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