Godfrey Haga

Godfrey Haga (born in Isingen,^{[lower-alpha 1]} Duchy of Württemberg, 30 November 1745; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5 February 1825) was a United States merchant, politician and philanthropist.

Biography

After emigrating to the United States, he settled in Philadelphia, where he became a merchant, and was connected with the principal charitable and mercantile institutions of the city. He was a member of the Philadelphia City Council in 1797-1800, and of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1800-01. He was a director of the Insurance Company of North America, 1800-1825.^[1] He bequeathed an estate valued at $350,000 to charitable purposes.

Notes

↑ Now the village of Ising in the French department of Moselle. See German exonyms (Moselle).

↑ "Oil on canvas portrait of Godfrey Haga, Director of the Insurance Company of North America, 1800-1825, 30 x 25". liveauctioneers.com. Retrieved 14 February 2012.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1892). "Haga, Godfrey". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

External links

"Legacy of Godfrey Haga, Esq". The American Baptist Magazine. 5: 123. 1825.

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[1] Now the village of Ising in the French department of Moselle. See German exonyms (Moselle).

[2] "Oil on canvas portrait of Godfrey Haga, Director of the Insurance Company of North America, 1800-1825, 30 x 25". liveauctioneers.com. Retrieved 14 February 2012.