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Joseph Pitcairn

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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.

References

Further reading

  • Writings of John Quincy Adams (1913) The Macmillan company, New York [1]
  • The quarterly publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Volumes 10-12 (1917) [2]