Adam Gerard Mappa | |
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Born | Tournai | 25 November 1754
Died | 15 April 1828 Barneveld, New York | (aged 73)
Allegiance | Netherlands |
Service | Militia |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles / wars | Democratizing the vroedschap of Utrecht |
Other work | Agent for the Holland Land Company in New York |
Adam Gerard Mappa (Tournai,[1] 25 November 1754 – Barneveld, New York, 15 April 1828) was a Dutch type-founder, Patriot and active colonel in a local militia (in Dutch exercitiegenootschap). In 1794 he became the agent for the Holland Land Company in New York (state) and three years later supervisor in the recently set up village of Barneveld.