Josiah Quincy I

Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784) was an American merchant, planter, soldier, and politician.

He wrote to General George Washington about British troop movements and was a friend of Benjamin Franklin.

He went to Pennsylvania as a commissioner in 1755 to ask for assistance in a proposed expedition to Crown Point in the French and Indian War.

[1] In retirement, Franklin assisted Quincy and Joseph Palmer in several speculative business ventures involving glass, candle and chocolate making.

His younger brother Josiah Quincy II, an outspoken critic of the British and proponent for an American Revolution, and John Adams were the defending counsel.