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Christopher Fitzsimons

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Christopher Fitzsimons

Birth
Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Death
28 Jul 1825 (aged 62)
Burial
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Came to America to claim an inheritance in 1782.

Christopher Fitzsimons was an attorney; soon becoming one of the wealthiest Merchants in Charleston, South Carolina

In 1818 Christopher Fitzsimons commissioned Charles Willson Peale to paint a "family" portrait The payment, four bales of cotton. The cotton was for Peale's recently established cotton mill. The painting was given to the Columbia Museum of Art.
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Came to America to claim an inheritance in 1782.

Christopher Fitzsimons was an attorney; soon becoming one of the wealthiest Merchants in Charleston, South Carolina

In 1818 Christopher Fitzsimons commissioned Charles Willson Peale to paint a "family" portrait The payment, four bales of cotton. The cotton was for Peale's recently established cotton mill. The painting was given to the Columbia Museum of Art.
(Bio: flgrl)

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