George Gray
Politician, Deceased Person
1725 – 1800
Who was George Gray?
George Gray served as a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and as its Speaker in 1783. Gray was a large landowner and the owner and operator of Gray's Ferry across the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia.
While Speaker of the Assembly, Gray served, ex officio, as a trustee of the University of the State of Pennsylvania.
Gray married Martha Ibbetson, November 25, 1752.
He was the author of "Treason Resolution", ordering paper currency, for which he was turned out of the Quaker Meeting.
He was on the Committee of Safety when appointed chairman of the Board of War.
Gray was a signatory to ratification of the United States Constitution by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1787.
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