Williams, Jonathan
lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born May 26, 1750, in Boston, Mass. He was for several years a judge of the court of common pleas in Philadelphia. He was appointed major of artillery in 1801, and inspector of fortifications. He was superintendent of West Point academy; was lieutenant-colonel of engineers in 1802; colonel from 1808 to 1812, and was general of New York militia from 1812 to 1815. He was elected a representative in congress from Philadelphia in 1814, and was vice-president of the American Philosophical society. He was the author of On the Use of the Thermometer in Navigation; Elements of Fortification, 1801; and Kosciusko's Movements for Horse Artillery, 1808. He died May 16, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa.