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James Logan (statesman)
James Logan (October 20, 1674 October 31, 1751), a statesman and
scholar, was born in Lurgan, County
Armagh, Ireland, of Scottish descent and Quaker parentage. In
1689, the Logan family moved to Bristol, England
where, in 1693, James replaced his father as schoolmaster. In
1699, he came to the colony of Pennsylvania aboard
the Canterbury as William Penn's secretary.[1]
Later, he supported proprietary rights in Pennsylvania. After
advancing through several political offices, including
commissioner of property (1701), receiver general (1703), clerk
(1701), and member (1703) of the provincial
council, he was elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 1722. During
his tenure as mayor, Logan allowed Irish Catholic
immigrants to participate in the city's first public Mass. He
later served as the colony's chief justice from 1731 to
1739, and in the absence of a governor of Pennsylvania, became
acting governor from 1736 to 1738.
He opposed Quaker pacifism and war tax resistance, and
encouraged pacifist Quakers to give up their seats in the
Pennsylvania Assembly so that it could make war
requisitions.[2]
Meanwhile, he engaged in various mercantile pursuits, especially
fur trading, with such success that he became one
of the wealthiest men in the colonies. He collected a personal
library of over 3,000 volumes. He wrote numerousscholarly papers
published by the American Philosophical Society and European
journals.
Logan was also a natural scientist whose primary contribution to
the emerging field of botany was a treatise that
described experiments on the impregnation of plant seeds,
especially corn. He tutored John Bartram, the American
botanist, in Latin and introduced him to Linnaeus. He was also a
mentor of Benjamin Franklin, who published
Logan's translation of Cicero's essay "Cato Maior de
Senectute".
Logan died in 1751 and was buried at the site of Arch Street
Friends Meeting House (built in 1804).
In Philadelphia, the Logan neighborhood and the landmark Logan
Square are named for him. His 1730 estate
"Stenton" (now a National Historic Landmark, operated as a
museum) is located in Logan area.
The Loganian Library
James Logan, who was known by his peers as the best Judge of
Books in these parts, donated his private collection
of over 3,000 books to the Loganian Library, which, in 1792, was
incorporated into the Library Company of
Philadelphia.
References
[1] Keith, Charles Penrose (1997), The provincial counsilors of
Pennsylvania, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., p. 6: "They
[William
Penn and James Logan] sailed from Cowes on September 9th, 1699,
in the "Canterbury." On the way over, the ship was attacked by
pirates,
and Logan took part in the defence of it," "The pirates were
beaten off,"
[2] Gross, David M.American Quaker War Tax Resistance (2008) pp.
4552 ISBN 1-4382-6015-6
Strahan (ed.), Edward (1875).A Century After, picturesque
glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott and J. W. Lauderbach.
Claus Bernet (2010). "James Logan (statesman)"
(http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/l/logan_j.shtml). In Bautz,
Traugott (in German).Biographisch-Bibliographisches
Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). 31. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols.
790798. ISBN 978-3-88309-544-8.
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