Isaac Briggs
Isaac Briggs | |
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Born | 1763 Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | January 5, 1825 Brookeville, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 61–62)
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (B.A., M.A.) |
Occupations |
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Spouse |
Hannah Brooke (m. 1794) |
Children | 8 |
Relatives | Arthur Briggs Farquhar (nephew) |
Isaac Briggs (1763– January 5, 1825) was an American engineer, surveyor and manufacturer. He lived much of his adult life with his family in Brookeville, Maryland.[1]
Early life
Isaac Briggs was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania in 1763 to Samuel and Mary Briggs, two Quakers. He studied at the College of Pennsylvania (the University of Pennsylvania today), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1783 and a Master of Arts in engineering in 1786.[1]
Personal life
After his graduation, Briggs traveled, moving to
Additionally, Briggs was a devout
Career
On February 1, 1788, the Georgia legislature awarded Augusta inventor William Longstreet and his associate Isaac Briggs a patent for a steam engine. It is the only patent issued by the state because this was before the adoption of the Federal Constitution. In 1807 their engine was used to power a boat on a 5-mile journey against the current on the Savannah River. Only days before, Robert Fulton had sailed his new steamboat, the Clermont, from New York City up the Hudson River to Albany.)[4]
Briggs was a renowned surveyor and
Additionally, he was devoted to developing domestic agriculture and manufacturing. He co-founded the American Board of Agriculture and a cotton mill and manufacturing town at Triadelphia in Montgomery County, Maryland in 1809.[1][7]
Death
Briggs became ill while working on the James River and Kanawha Canal in Virginia. He died at home at Sharon near Brookeville on January 5, 1825.[1][8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Isaac Briggs (1763-1825)". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Farquhar Property (The Cedars), Sandy Spring, MD" (PDF). montgomeryplanningboard.org. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ^ "Isaac Briggs (1763-1825)". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ Knight, Lucian Lamar (1917). A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 367.
steamboat patent Isaac Briggs.
- ISBN 9780795015106. At Google Books.
- ^ "Isaac Briggs". Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ Barnard, Ella Kent (1912). "Isaac Briggs, A.M., F.A.P.S". Maryland Historical Magazine. 7: 409–419.
- ^ "Isaac Briggs Death Notice". Richmond Enquirer. 13 January 1825.
External links
- Isaac Briggs, Biography Maryland State Archives
- Brookeville 1814 Maryland State Archives
- Briggs-Stabler Papers, 1793-1910 Maryland Historical Society, MS 147