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Last name Adlum
First name John
Display name John Adlum
Birth date 1759
Death date 1836
Birth place York
Death place Washington
Gender m
Affiliations Pennsylvania Government
Bio notes Surveyor and Pennsylvania Commissioner, friend of Cornplanter. A native of York, Pennsylvania. Married to Margaret K. Adlum. Moved to Washington DC in 1814. Father of American viticulture, discoverer and promoter of the Catawba wine grape. Bearer of correspondence between Quakers and Cornplanter.

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Letter from Quakers to Cornplanter

William Allinson Diary, Volume 1