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John Barker Church, a.k.a. John Carter, (October 30, 1748 – April 27, 1818), was an English born businessman and supplier of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He returned to England after the Revolutionary War and served in the House of Commons from 1790 until 1796.
John Barker Church, a.k.a. John Carter, (October 30, 1748 – April 27, 1818), was an English born businessman and supplier of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Before his duel against Aaron Burr, Chernow notes that Hamilton turned to his "trusted, intimate friend" John Barker Church for help and requested to borrow his brother-in-law's pistols.
Jan 27, 2002 · John Barker Church (1748–1818) was a member of Parliament whose wife, Angelica Schuyler Church, was Alexander Hamilton’s sister-in-law and TJ’s faithful correspondent.
One of the visitors in 1776 was John Barker Church, a British-born merchant who made a fortune during the war supplying the American and French armies. At the time of their meeting and subsequent courtship, Church was on a mission from the Continental Congress to audit army supply records.
Church, who gave hospitality to French émigrés after the Terror, subsidized Talleyrand’s journey to America and was involved in the attempt to effect Lafayette’s escape from prison, had sold his property at Wendover by 1796, when he retired from the House.
Apr 27, 2022 · About John Barker Church. John Barker Church (1748-1818) was born in Lowestoft, England, befriended the cause of the American Revolution (while making a fortune as a supplier to the Continental and French armies), was Commissary General of the French Army in America, and financially aided the new government. Returning to England after the war ...
