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Robert Strettell (1693-1762)

• Trustee 1749-1762

Merchant

City Councilman

Mayor of Philadelphia

 

Robert Strettell was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1693. In 1736 he came to Philadelphia.

In his new home he became known as a liberal member of the Society of Friends, and a man of cultural and literary taste. He was a merchant by trade, but he served as a man of public trust. He was a member of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, a member of the Governor's Council, and Mayor of Philadelphia. He died in 1762.

Strettell was a trustee of the Academy and College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) from 1749 to 1762.

REFERENCES
Matriculates, University of Pennsylvania 1740-1900, Alumni Record

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