Elkanah Watson, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetElkanah Watson
American writer
Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1758
Date of Death: 05-Dec-1842
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Elkanah Watson
- Elkanah Watson (January 22, 1758 – December 5, 1842) was a visionary traveler and writer, agriculturist and canal promoter, banker and businessman.
- He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts and died at Port Kent, New York.
- He worked in Albany, New York for several years, founding the State Bank of Albany.
- After retiring in 1807 to a farm in Massachusetts, he raised Merino sheep and founded the agricultural fair, first organizing one at Pittsfield.Based on journals which he had kept since his 20s, Watson started writing his autobiography in 1821.
- It was completed, edited and published as Men and the Times of the Revolution; or Memoirs of Elkanah Watson (1856) by one of his sons, historian Winslow Cossoul Watson.
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| Description | American artist and painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 3 July 1738 | 9 September 1815 | |
| Location of birth/death | Boston (Massachusetts) | London | |
| Work location | Boston, London | ||
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