Samuel John Atlee

Unknown Delegate of Pennsylvania

Congresses Served

January 1, 1739 (47 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1786

Death

American soldier and statesman from Pennsylvania.
Delegate to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1782.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, and moved to Lancaster at a young age.
Educated at home and began studying law, but interrupted by military service.
Joined the military in 1756, serving in the French and Indian War and later in the Continental Army.
Led the Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion during the Battle of Long Island in 1776.
Captured and held as a prisoner of war until exchanged in 1778.
Returned to Pennsylvania and served in the state assembly and as a county executive.
Involved in negotiating treaties that acquired Native American lands in Pennsylvania.
Died in 1786 while attending a legislative meeting in Philadelphia.