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American writer (–)

Elkanah Watson (January 22, &#; December 5, ) was an American agriculturist, writer, banker, and businessman. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts and died at Port Kent, New York.

He worked in Albany, New York for several years, founding the State Bank of Albany. After retiring in to a farm in Massachusetts, he raised Merino sheep and founded the agricultural fair, first organizing one at Pittsfield.^[2]

Based on journals which he had kept since his 20s, Watson started writing his autobiography in It was completed, edited and published as Men and the Times of the Revolution; or Memoirs of Elkanah Watson () by one of his sons, historian Winslow Cossoul Watson.^[3]

Early life and education

Elkanah Watson was born, raised and educated in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

In he was apprenticed to the mercantile firm of John Brown in Providence, Rhode Island. His family business empire included interests in the Triangle Trade,