About Nathaniel Tracy
Lived 1751 – 1796 (aged 44–45). Nathaniel Tracy was a privateer and merchant.
Nathaniel Tracy (August 11, 1751 – September 20, 1796) was an American merchant, revolutionary, and politician. Starting off with a mercantile business with his brother and brother-in-law, he made more than $6.7 million offering services for the Revolutionary War. He also served in the General Court of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Senate during the early 1780s. He lost most of his fortune to wartime expenses, fraud, and bankruptcy, and he fell into poverty during the last few years of his life.
Early life and career Tracy was born on August 11, 1751, in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Tracy was involved in local civic service throughout Massachusetts.
Despite his initial success, Tracy's fortunes started declining within two years of the war.
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1751-1796 , merchant and revolutionary privateer
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