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Tench Coxe (
May 22,
1755 –
July 17,
1824) was an
American political economist and a delegate for
Pennsylvania to the
Continental Congress in
1788-
1789.
Coxe was born in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania on
May 22,
1755. His mother was a daughter of
Tench Francis, Sr. His father came of a family well known in American affairs.
He was initially a
Loyalist during the
American Revolution when he left the Pennsylvania militia in 1776 and joined the British Army under
General Howe in 1777. He was later arrested, paroled, and joined the patriot cause and supported the new government.
A proponent of industrialization during the early years of the United States, Coxe co-authored the famous
Report on Manufactures (1791) with
Alexander Hamilton and provided much of the statistical data. He had been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury on September 11, 1789 under
Alexander Hamilton when Hamilton was
Secretary of the Treasury. Coxe also headed a group called the Manufacturing Society of Philadelphia. He was appointed revenue commissioner by President
George Washington on June 30, 1792, and served until removed by President
John Adams. He was appointed by President
Thomas Jefferson purveyor of public supplies and served from 1803 to 1812. He was a writer on political and economic subjects and a champion of the use of tariffs to protect the new nation's growing industries.
Coxe died
July 17,
1824 in Philadelphia, where he's interred in
Christ Church Burial Ground.
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