An Atlantic Life: James Logan of Lurgan and Philadelphia

A Zoom presentation exploring the life of the Ulster-Scot James Logan of Lurgan (1674-1751), whose migratory Atlantic life took him from a boyhood in Lurgan, Ireland, to the port of Bristol in England, and ultimately to the “Wilds of Pennsylvania” in America. There he exercised power and influence, becoming the leading colonial administrator in the province, while accumulating great wealth from Atlantic trade. Logan's success was monumentalised through the construction and furnishing of his fine country mansion called Stenton, near Germantown, Philadelphia, which today is recognised as a National Historic Landmark and operates as an historic house attraction.
This special presentation will be provided by Laura C. Keim, the current curator of Stenton, whose slides will also provide a visual tour of the house, highlighting objects and furnishings, as well as selections from Logan’s exceptional colonial library at the Library Company of Philadelphia. The house displays the relative worldliness of a leading 18th-century Pennsylvania Quaker merchant with roots in Ireland.
Webinar hosted by Lurgan Townscape Heritage Initiative