(signed in by W. [William] Short)
Friday March 4, 1825
Philosophical Hall
104 South Fifth Street, Independence Square, First Floor
Business
Occupation: Farmer and Land Investor
Residence: LeRaysville, N.Y. [New York]
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James Le Ray de Chaumont, November 13, 1760 – December 31, 1840
James Le Ray de Chaumont was a farmer and land investor. He was the son of Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, who was a friend of Benjamin Franklin and supporter and supplier of aid to the cause during the American Revolution. Le Ray de Chaumont was French, but became an American citizen through marriage. He acquired extensive landholdings in upstate New York, where the modern day towns of Le Ray and Chaumont are named after him. The Le Ray family supported commerce and infrastructure in the region, and built multiple homes and manors there. Le Raysville, in Pennsylvania, also bears the family's name. The Record of Strangers indicates that Le Ray de Chaumont visited the Athenaeum on multiple occasions.
(signed in by John Bayard)
Monday March 4, 1867
Athenaeum
Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Residence: [Montrose, Pennsylvania]
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Joseph D. Drinker, 1796 — May 2, 1881
Joseph D. Drinker was a repeat visitor to the Athenaeum during the 1850s and 1860s. He and his family lived in Cincinnati and Philadelphia before settling in Montrose, Pennsylvania around 1843. His father was also named Joseph D. Drinker, as was one of his sons.
