![]() During the American Revolutionary War he was active as a designer, and played a major part in planning the 32-gun frigate USS Randolph before the British Army occupation of Philadelphia halted that effort. During his apprenticeship, his instructor died and he was placed in charge of the establishment. ![]() His residence, Pont Reading, is still a private residence.Īs a youth, Humphreys was apprenticed to a shipbuilder in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Joshua Humphreys and Sarah Williams, grandson of Daniel Humphreys and Hannah Wynne (daughter of Dr. Humphreys was born in Ardmore, Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, and died in the same place. ![]() The man standing in the foreground may be a portrait of Humphreys. The building of the Frigate Philadelphia, Plate 29 of Birch's Views of Philadelphia (1800). ![]()
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