White, Josiah, 1781-1850

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
White, Josiah, 1781-1850
Other forms of name
White, Josiah
Date of birth
1781
Date of death
1850
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 30918730
Wikidata: Q6290657
Library of congress: n 83178633
Sources of Information
  • Henry Simpson, Lives of eminent Philadelphians now deceased, 1859:p. 956-957 (Josiah White; b. 1781 at Mount Holly, N.J.; d. Nov. 1850 at Philadelphia; Philadelphia manufacturer and inventor; founder, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, 1822; active in Quaker affairs and philanthropies)
  • NUCMC data from Camden County Historical Society for Reeves Nail Factory (Phoenixville, Pa.). Records, 1814-1821(Josiah White; agreement with Mark Reeve 1814 re. mills at the falls of the Schuylkill R., Phoenixville, Pa.)
  • Parker, J.W. Josiah White's Institute, c1983 (subj.)t.p. (Josiah White) p. 4, etc. (1781-1850, Philadelphia Quaker, founder of White's Institute, Wabash, Ind.)