Joseph Pitcairn

Joseph Pitcairn (1764-1844) was an American diplomat, landowner and the American consul to the free Hansa city of Hamburg. The town of Pitcairn^[1] in New York State is named in his honour.

He married Lady Edward Fitzgerald, widow of the Irish Republican Lord Edward Fitzgerald in 1800.

References

Further reading

• Writings of John Quincy Adams (1913) The Macmillan company, New York
• The quarterly publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Volumes 10-12 (1917)