James Price (1776–1840) was a miller, businessman, banker, and railroad executive based in Wilmington, Delaware.
Born to a wealthy family in Kent County, Maryland, Price moved to Wilmington in his youth.
He invested in Joseph Tatnall's mills in Brandywine, Delaware.
[1] In 1802, Tatnall also bought the Rotheram Mills, and moved into the c.1740 brick house built by Joseph Rotheram, a Quaker who had immigrated to the American colonies in 1723.
[1] Price later became the first president of the Union Bank of Delaware.