David Mathews

David Mathews (died 1800) was a lawyer and politician from New York City. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and was Mayor of New York from 1776 until 1783. He resettled in Nova Scotia after the war, and became a leading political figure in the Cape Breton colony that was created in 1786.

Read more about David Mathews:  Life

Famous quotes containing the word david:

    “A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)