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James Hunter, Merchant of Richmond
Facts and Events
Information on James Hunter
- From "Hunter Family Papers, 1766–1918", Virginia Historical Society:
- The earliest major figure in the collection is James Hunter (1746–1788), a Virginia-born merchant who should not be confused with his uncle, James Hunter (1721–1784), Scottish-born Fredericksburg merchant and master of the iron works at Falmouth. The younger man, known as "James Hunter, Jr.," was educated for the mercantile trade in Duns, Scotland, and London, England, by some of his Hunter cousins. He returned to Virginia before the Revolution and became a merchant at Richmond. During the war he served for a time as assistant commissary for purchase at the Public Storehouse at Fredericksburg, but later gave up the position to engage in mercantile operations with John and Henry Banks, some of which included supplying the Southern Department of the Continental Army during the latter years of the Revolution (see below). After the war he settled as a merchant in Portsmouth.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
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