Daniel Roberdeau (1727–1795)
In 1790-91 Roberdeau retained Bushrod Washington's services in a legal matter.
Daniel Roberdeau was born in 1727 on St. Christopher Island (St. Kitts) in the British West Indies. Following schooling in England, he moved to Philadelphia, where he became a successful merchant. During the Revolutionary War, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety and served as brigadier general of the Pennsylvania militia. Roberdeau also signed the Articles of Confederation and represented Pennsylvania in the Second Continental Congress (1777–79).
Roberdeau Buchanan, Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family, Including a Biography of General Daniel Roberdeau of the Revolutionary Army, and the Continental Congress; and Signer of the Articles of Confederation (Washington, D.C.: Joseph L. Pearson, 1876), 101–02.
Darwin H. Stapleton, "General Daniel Roberdeau and the Lead Mine Expedition, 1778–1779," Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Volume 38, Number 4 (October 1971), 361–71.
"To John Adams from Daniel Roberdeau, 4 July 1788," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-19-02-0229. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 19, February 1787–May 1789, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016, pp. 315–316.]
"To George Washington from Daniel Roberdeau, 4 June 1778," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-15-02-0329. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 15, May–June 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006, pp. 313–315.]
"To Benjamin Franklin from Daniel Roberdeau, 2 February 1784," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-41-02-0340. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 41, September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014, pp. 528–529.]
John A. Myers, "Daniel Roberdeau," Pennsylvania Center for the Book.
Daniel Roberdeau at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Gen Daniel Roberdeau at Find a Grave.
General Daniel Roberdeau at FamilySearch.