John Nicholson (Pennsylvania comptroller general)

John Nicholson
Portrait of John Nicholson by Charles Willson Peale, 1790
Comptroller General of Pennsylvania
In office
April 13, 1782 – April 19, 1794
Personal details
Born1757 (1757)
Wales
DiedDecember 5, 1800(1800-12-05) (aged 42–43)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
OccupationFinancier, government official, land speculator
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John Nicholson (1757 – December 5, 1800) was a Welsh-born American financier and government official who served as Pennsylvania's comptroller general from 1782 to 1794. He played a key role in managing the Commonwealth's finances in the post-Revolutionary era but became widely known for his land speculation activities and eventual financial collapse.

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