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Vaughan, Samuel

British, 1720 - 1802

Biography

Samuel Vaughan was a English merchant. With his wife Sarah Hallowell, duaghter of Benjamin Hallolwell of Boston, MA, Samuel had eleven children. Samuel lived in Philadelphia from in 1783-1790. His son Benjamin was a member of Parliament for some time, and afterward lived in America, where he was acquainted with Benjamin Franklin, publishing some of the latter's essays in 1779. Another son William pursued a life in commerce, with particular interest in the ports of England; in 1783 he was elected as a Director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation. A third son, John Vaughan, was a Philadelphia merchant. He ordered a replica of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington from the artist; the painting was a gift to his father Samuel, an admirer of Washington. After Samuel's death, the portrait passed to William. It is now in the collection of the NGA (1942.8.27).

Bibliography

1839
Vaughan, William. Memoir of William Vaughan, Esq. F.R.S.. London, 1839: 5-9

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