Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842
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Name (Latin)
Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842
Date of birth
1758-01-22
Date of death
1842-12-05
Associated country
United States
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Elkanah Watson; born January 22, 1758, Plymouth, Mass., died December 5, 1842; visionary traveller and writer, agriculturist and canal promoter, banker and businessman; founded the State Bank of Albany ( (Wikipedia, June 5, 2017) )
- LCCN 06-11520: His History of the rise, progress, and existing condition of the western canals in the state of New York, 1820(hdg: Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842; usage: Elkanah Watson)
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Wikipedia description:
Elkanah Watson (January 22, 1758 – December 5, 1842) was an American agriculturist, writer, banker, and businessman. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts and died at Port Kent, New York. He worked in Albany, New York for several years, founding the State Bank of Albany. After retiring in 1807 to a farm in Massachusetts, he raised Merino sheep and founded the agricultural fair, first organizing one at Pittsfield. Based on journals which he had kept since his 20s, Watson started writing his autobiography in 1821. It was completed, edited and published as Men and the Times of the Revolution; or Memoirs of Elkanah Watson (1856) by one of his sons, historian Winslow Cossoul Watson.
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