Philadelphia philanthropist and civic leader.

Delegate to the Pennsylvania constitutional convention (1776). Justice of the peace. Pennsylvania Assemblyman (1784). Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania (1791). Common councilman (1789, 1792).

First letter in correspondence: c. 1787; William H. Egle, “The Constitutional Convention of 1776: Biographical Sketches of Its Members,” PMHB, iii (1879), 446; Pa. Gaz., April 22, 1789, April 18, 1792.