Matthew Lawler (January 1, 1755 – July 14, 1831) was a mayor of

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, serving four one-year terms from 1801 to 1805. Lawler was active in the

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, in which he commanded privateering ships, including the ''Holker'' and later the ''Ariel''. He served as the chairman of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Bank (later the Philadelphia National Bank, and ultimately

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) at its organization in 1803.''The Philadelphia National Bank: A Century's Record, 1803–1903'', by Joel Cook, published by Philadelphia National Bank, 1903. Lawler died in 1831 in

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, where he was buried at the Episcopal Burial Ground. He and his wife, Ann Bevan Lawler, were reburied in

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, Cincinnati, in 1847.

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