Moore Furman

Moore Furman was Trenton's most distinguished 18th-century merchant. He partnered in or headed a succession of firms from the 1750s through the 1790s that conducted business in Trenton and Philadelphia – Reed and Furman; Furman and Hunt; Coxe and Furman; Coxe, Furman and Coxe; and Moore Furman & Company. During the Revolutionary War, Furman served as Deputy Quartermaster General for New Jersey from 1778 to 1780, helping to coordinate the Continental Army's military supply network. He was one of three commissioners appointed by the New Jersey legislature to make preparations for Congress's session in Trenton in 1784. In 1792 Furman was elected Trenton's first Mayor under the 1792 charter.

[credit: photograph courtesy Trentoniana Collection, Trenton Public Library]