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James Hamilton (1710 – August 14, 1783), son of the American lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He served two terms as deputy governor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1748 to 1754 and from 1759 to 1763.
After succeeding his father as prothonotary of Pennsylvania’s supreme court in 1733, James Hamilton remained politically active in Pennsylvania for many years. At the local level, Hamilton served as an alderman and as mayor of Philadelphia.
Jun 5, 2022 · James Hamilton, son of the well-known Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Hamilton was educated in Philadelphia and England before becoming a practicing lawyer in 1731.
James Hamilton accompanied the Pennsylvania troops into South Carolina where they were sent to reinforce Nathanael Greene’s army before Charleston, and the actions of the Pennsylvania Line in that campaign have already been told.
James Hamilton, son of the well-known Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.
James Hamilton was an American lawyer and politician. He served as mayor of Philadelphia for one year from October 1745.
James Hamilton (1710 – 14 August 1783), son of the well-known American lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He served as Deputy Governor of the Province from 1748 to 1754, and again from 1759 to 1763.
Jan 3, 2002 · James Hamilton ( c. 1710–1783), son of Andrew Hamilton (see above, I, 333); educated in Philadelphia and England; succeeded his father as prothonotary of the Supreme Court, 1733; member of the Assembly, 1734–39; mayor of Philadelphia, 1745–46; provincial councilor, 1746.
James Hamilton achieved widespread recognition and public approval for his actions as Intendant (mayor) of the city of Charleston, South Carolina in 1822, during the period when plans for a slave rising were revealed.
Hamilton, a Constitutionalist and Jeffersonian Republican, served as U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, and as President Judge of Pennsylvania's 9th Judicial District. Chiefly papers from the law offices of James Hamilton but includes files from the offices of James Wilson and Robert Magaw.
