Patrick Gordon (governor)
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Patrick Gordon (ca. 1644 [1] – 17 August 1736 [2] [3] ) was Deputy Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Lower Counties on the Delaware from 22 June 1726 to 4 August 1736. [4] He was deputy to the Proprietors of Pennsylvania, the heirs of William Penn , rather than to a governor. Since the proprietors were usually in England, he was essentially the governor.
Biography
Gordon had a military, rather than political background, having been a major in the regular army. [5] [6] He resided in what is now Mont Clare , [4] [Note that another Patrick Gordon resided in Mont Clare (in a cave) from 1757.] and had at least seven children: Charles, Army(?), Archibal, Henrietta, Philadelphia, Elizabeth, and Agatha Harriot. [3]
Peace and prosperity reportedly prevailed during Gordon's administration as deputy governor. An important lawsuit was settled in 1732 [7] that (temporarily) defined the boundaries between Pennsylvania and the Province of Maryland .
Chester County was also split during his rule, creating Lancaster County , and construction of the first State House, today's Independence Hall , began in 1732. Prior to 1735, members of the state Assembly met in private homes or at Quaker meeting houses. [1]
References
- 1 2 "Patrick Gordon Administration" . Retrieved 12 May 2012 .
- ↑ Armor, William Crawford (1872). Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania: With the Incidental History of the State, from 1609 to 1872 . Philadelphia: James K. Simon. p. 136 . Retrieved 5 March 2010 .
- 1 2 "Re: Gov. Patrick Gordon, PA 1726 Robert Charles" . Retrieved 12 May 2012 .
- 1 2 Bean, Theodore W., ed. (1884). HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, ILLUSTRATED, 1884 . Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. p. 1047.
- ↑ Armor, p. 136.
- ↑ Samuel Hazard, ed. (1852). Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: from the organisation to the termination of the proprietary government. [10 Mar. 1683 - 27 Sept. 1775] . Vol. 3. Philadelphia: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. p. 527 . Retrieved 5 March 2010 .
- ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, The Breviate in the Boundary Dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland, Edited by William Egle, 1890, p. 449
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