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About Peter Chardon Brooks
Peter Chardon Brooks was a wealthy Massachusetts merchant and politician. He was said to be the richest man in New England at his death. A major part of his wealth derived from insuring the vessels engaged in the slave trade.
Everything about Peter Chardon Brooks →- Occupation
- businessperson, politician
- Position held
- member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, member of the State Senate of Massachusetts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 6, 1767
- Died
- January 1, 1849