Jonathan Mifflin

evidently a man of means .. see 1757 clipping: The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)25 Aug 1757, ThuPage 4

note: Jonathan Mifflin is Thomas Mifflin, Signer of the US Constitution, 11th President of the Continental Congress' great uncle.

owned land in Philadelphia: https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/39412179/?terms=%22jonathan... = (1774) Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)08 Aug 1774, MonPage 4

and a mile and a half out of town near Germantown: https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/39410589/?terms=%22jonathan... (1774) The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)14 Dec 1774, WedPage 4

Second St. below Walnut= office of Jonathan Mifflin: Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)04 Mar 1779, ThuPage 3 = https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/39395963/?terms=%22jonathan... ~• note: perhaps John Martin, tailor of Philadelphia took over these premises after Jonathan's death in 1781 (see Jon Martin's timeline

mifflin family papers

Title: Mifflin family papers
Creator:
Mifflin family
Inclusive dates:
1689-1877
Extent:
196 items (0.5 linear feet)
Abstract:
In 1679, John Mifflin of Warrington, Wilts., became one of the first English emigrants to Pennsylvania. Like most of the first generation of Anglo-Philadelphians, the Mifflins were members of the Society of Friends, and over the course of the next few decades, his became one of Philadelphia's most prominent commercial families. The Mifflin family papers consist of a large family's business and personal correspondence over several generations. The bulk of the material concerns two branches of the Mifflin family, the children and grandchildren of George Mifflin, son of John (1661-1714) and the children of another of John's sons, John." from: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2722.1mif?view...