Barnard Gratz

(1738–1801), an American merchant born in Langensdorf in what is now Germany. He came to Pennsylvania in 1754 and worked as a fur trader. Uncle of Rebecca Gratz and brother of Michael Gratz.

Charles Peale Polk, “Barnard Gratz” (ca. 1792). Courtesy Loeb Portrait Database.

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