Jehu
) as depicted on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
, succession = King of Northern Israel
, reign = c. 841–814 BCE
, coronation = Ramoth-Gilead, Israel
, birth_date = c. 882 BCE
, death_date = c. 814 BCE
, burial_place ...
Eyre.
Biography
Manuel Eyre was born in Burlington, New Jersey, one of five children of George and Mary Eyre.
Career as shipbuilder
He had apprenticed as a shipwright to Richard Wright (shipbuilder). On January 8, 1761, he married Mary Wright, daughter of his professional master. His brother Jehu would marry Mary's sister Lydia on December 28 of the same year. Shortly after these marriages, the Eyres would take over the shipyards at Kensington (now part of Philadelphia).
Revolutionary
During the Revolution, the first ships built in the
U.S. Navy
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were commissioned from the Eyres, the earliest being the gunboat ''Bull Dog'', Philadelphia-built in August 1775.
After independence
After the
war
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, he became a member of the
Pennsylvania state legislature
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Stephen Noyes Winslow, ''Biographies of successful Philadelphia merchants'', J. K. Simon, publ., 1864. /ref> and continued to build on his business interests. The Eyre shipping yards that had been so vital to the cause of independence became the international business of Eyre and Massey, one of the largest shipping companies in the world.
One historian writes that, "Their vessels were known in almost every principal port of Europe and Asia, besides the United States and West Indian Islands ...
he company
He or HE may refer to:
Language
* He (pronoun), an English pronoun
* He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ
* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
held extensive mercantile intercourse with all parts of the world."
James Monroe
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, the fourth
President of the United States
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, was an acquaintance of Manuel Eyre and spoke of him in his correspondence.
Legacy
He died in 1805 and is interred at Palmer Cemetery in Philadelphia. Manuel's son, Manuel, Jr., would become Director of the
Second Bank of the United States
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