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John Harris Jr. (October 22, 1727 – July 29, 1791) [a], was an American frontiersman and politician who operated a ferry along the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was later instrumental in the founding and growth of the city and support of the State through wartime. [1]
The house was built about 1766 by John Harris Jr., son of one of the first settlers of the region, and for whose father Harrisburg is named. The house remained in the Harris family until 1835. In 1853 it was adapted for use as the Pennsylvania Female College, which was forced into bankruptcy in 1861, due to turmoil caused by the American Civil War.
John Harris Jr. (17 November 1791 – 28 December 1873), was an English artist who specialised in pen-and-ink facsimile work, [1] [2] and Masonic catechetical designs. [ 3 ] His father was John Harris (1767–1832), the watercolour painter. [ 4 ]
John Harris Sr. (1673–1748), trader who settled and established Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; John Harris (surveyor) (died 1772), farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia; John Harris Jr. (settler) (1716–1791), American storekeeper and frontiersman; John Williams Harris (1808–1872), New Zealand trader, whaler, and farmer
The same year, Harris was granted a license to operate a ferry, and the place was long afterwards known as Harris's Ferry. In 1785, John Harris, Jr., made plans to lay out a town on his father's land, which he named Harrisburg. In the spring of 1785, the town was formally surveyed by William Maclay, who was a
1719 Harrisburg settled as trading post by John Harris, Sr., settler from Yorkshire, England; 1740 The Parson John Elder house is built for John Elder of Paxtang and is the oldest structure in what is now city limits in East Harrisburg. [2] 1766 John Harris, Jr.. constructs a permanent stone home, still standing at 219 South Front Street
John Harris Sr. (1673 – December 1748) was an early American businessman who emigrated from Britain to America late in the 17th century. Harris would later settle along the Susquehanna River and establish a ferry there. This ferry would eventually develop into Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was named in his honor.
The school was established in 1784 by John Harris Jr., the founder of Harrisburg. [ 1 ] Harrisburg Academy was originally located at the John Harris Mansion and later in the eponymous Academy Manor section of the Riverside neighborhood along North Front Street, but is now located on a 24-acre (9.6 ha) campus about one mile (1.6 km) west of the ...