About Christopher Marshall
Lived 1709 – 1797 (aged 87). Christopher Marshall was a bookseller.
Christopher Marshall (November 6, 1709 – May 4, 1797) was a leader in the American Revolution. Biography Born in Dublin, Ireland, he went to the Thirteen Colonies in 1727, settled in Philadelphia and worked as a chemist and pharmacist. Marshall is best known for The Remembrancer, a diary he kept during the Revolution, which was not published until 1839 (edited by William J. Duane) as Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, 1774-1781.
He died in Philadelphia.
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American revolutionary leader
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Christopher Marshall was born on 6 November 1709.
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Christopher Marshall died on 4 May 1797.
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Christopher Marshall was a bookseller.
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