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Harmar, Josiah - Portrait of General Josiah Harmar
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Harmar, Josiah

Born
11/10/1753
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Titles and Honors
1784 - carries ratified Treaty of Paris to Benjamin Franklin in Paris.
Education
Robert Proud's Quaker school
Notes
Raised by his aunt, Elizabeth Harmar
Occupation
1775 - Captain, American Revolutionary War
1776 - Captain, Third Pennsylvania Regiment
1777 - Lieutenant Colonel, Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment
1780 - Lieutenant Colonel, Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment
1781 - Lieutenant Colonel, Third Pennsylvania Regiment
1782 - Lieutenant Colonel, First Pennsylvania Regiment
1784 - Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the First American Regiment
1787 - Promoted to Brigidier General
1791 - Court marshalled (exonerated)
1792 - Retired from army
1793-1799 - Adjutant General of Pennsylvania
Publications
"The Papers of Brigadier General Josiah Harmar" bound by the Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution
Mother
Rachael Harmar
Spouse
Sarah Jenkins, m. 10/19/1784
Children
Charles (b. c. 1785)
Eliza (b. 1787)
Josiah Jr. (b. 1802)
William (b. 1803)
Nationality
American

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