Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 7, 1791
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 7 Feb 1791
Additional Source Text:
Also listed in New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth), 23 Feb 1791
Notes:
George Meminger (d. 1798) was a Philadelphia merchant and the owner of 900 acres in Mifflin co., Pa. He did business with Europe and the West Indies, importing cheese, cognac, wine, and sugar. He was appointed a captain in the Marine Corps shortly before his death. Meminger was a subscriber to Bartholomew Burges, A series of Indostan letters; containing a striking account of the manners & customs of the Gentoo nations & of the Moguls & other Mahomedan tribes in Indostan (New York, 1790).
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