John Fitzgerald Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-150601
The collection contains correspondence and indenture documents relating to the affairs of Colonel John Fitzgerald that relate to local affairs in northern Virginia in the 1790s.
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John Fitzgerald (d. 1799) was a Catholic aide de camp of General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and a businessman in Alexandria, Virginia. In 1769, he immigrated to America from County Wicklow, Ireland. Fitzgerald married Jane Digges of Prince George's County, Maryland. From 1775 to 1778, he served as aide de camp of General George Washington.
In 1779, Fitzgerald started a business as an exporter of wheat in Alexandria. He became director of the Potomac Company in 1785. Fitzgerald served as mayor of Alexandria from 1786 to 1787. Beginning in 1788, he helped to establish St.Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria. In 1793, Fitzgerald became customs collector for Alexandria. He owned a number of enslaved persons. John Fitzgerald died in 1799.
[Source: Timeline of John Fitzerald's Life by Office of Historis Alexandria. Accessed Online].
0.25 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
Gift of Thomas J. Delihant, S.J.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository