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James Logan (20 October 1674 – 31 October 1751) was a Scots-Irish colonial American statesman, administrator, and scholar who served as the fourteenth mayor of Philadelphia and held a number of other public offices.
James Logan (born Oct. 20, 1674, Lurgan, County Armagh, Ire.—died Oct. 31, 1751, Stenton, Pa. [U.S.]) was a British-American colonial statesman and merchant who was also prominent in British-colonial intellectual life.
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James Logan dies as "the region's most influential statesman, its most distinguished scholar and its most respected — though not its most beloved — citizen." His estate includes (1749 will) 8500 pounds in cash and bonds and 18,000 acres of Pennsylvania and New Jersey land.
Historic Germantown. < | | > James Logan. William Penn's secretary, statesman. While a young man in England, Logan learned Greek, Latin, and Hebrew before he was 13. To those languages the polyglot added Spanish and French as well as a smattering of words from Indian languages.
Overview. James Logan. (1674—1751) colonial official and scholar. Quick Reference. (1674–1751), Irish-born statesman and scholar, came to Philadelphia (1699) as Penn's secretary. He became the political leader of the wealthy and aristocratic interests, in a successful conflict with the democratic ...
May 11, 2018 · James Logan (1674-1751), American colonial statesman and scholar, became noted as a jurist, political philosopher, and botanist. James Logan was born on Oct. 20, 1674, in Lurgan, Ireland, of Scottish parents. His father, an Episcopalian clergyman turned Quaker, headed a Latin school in Lurgan.
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Logan, James, 1674–1751, American colonial statesman and scholar, b. Ireland. While engaged in the shipping trade, Logan met William Penn and became (1699) his secretary.
