My Backround Information

I was born in Lancashire,England on January 20, 1734. I came to Chesapeake Bay in 1744 and attended school in Philadelphia. I wasn't well suited for formal education and was too quick for the teacher. When I was 16 I was apprenticed to the counting room of Charles Willing. After Willing died, I entered a partnership with the gentlemen's son and had thirty nine years of flourishing business that made me very wealthy. Being an importer, the business was struck hard during the Stamp Act and the colonial revolt against it. My partner and I chose the colonial side and engaged it in the movements.