Marchant, Henry

Born April 9, 1741, in Martha`s Vineyard, MA
Died August 30, 1796, in Newport, RI

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Nominated by George Washington on July 2, 1790, to a new seat authorized by 1 Stat. 128. Confirmed by the Senate on July 3, 1790, and received commission on July 3, 1790. Service terminated on August 30, 1796, due to death.

Education:
College of Philadelphia (now University of Pennsylvania), A.M., 1762
Read law, 1767

Professional Career:

Private practice, Newport, Rhode Island, 1767-1777
Attorney general, State of Rhode Island, 1771-1777
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1777-1779
Private practice/farmer, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, 1780-1784
State representative, Rhode Island, 1784-1790

Manuscript Collections

American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia, Pa.
Henry Marchant diary, 1771-1772.
202 pp.; finding aid; collection contains a diary Marchant kept while sailing from Newport, R.I., to London.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Henry Marchant petition, ca. 1776.
1 item; no description in catalog.

Rhode Island Historical Society
Providence, R.I.
Marchant family papers, 1726-1861.
4.5 ft.; collection contains Henry Marchant's correspondence, documents, and financial papers while attorney general of Rhode Island.

Portraits

Henry Marchant, 1741-1796; by Max Rosenthal; Etching; n.d.; Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., ref. #: LC-USZ62-54689. Rights status not evaluated.

Additional images:

Henry Marchant; by John Singleton Copley; Miniature oil; ca. 1765; Privately owned, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Reproduced in Jules David Prown, John Singleton Copley (Cambridge, Mass.: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, [by] Harvard University Press, 1966), No. 168.

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