Thomas Family papers

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Thomas Family papers

1793-1816 (majority 1804-1810)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1299

The Thomas Family papers include eleven letters and six documents from three generations of the Philip Thomas family of Cecil County, Maryland. All but one of the letters were received by Philip Thomas, Jr.; the additional documents consist of a bond, a bill of sale, a land indenture, two wills, and a military certificate. There are records that indicate the Thomas family enslaved up to 45 people. Major topics include family concerns, the Napoleonic wars, social life in the early nineteenth century, the Society of Friends, and business concerns in Maryland and Holland.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326158

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Thomas, Philip, Jr.

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Thomas, Philip, Esq.

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The Thomas Family Papers include letters and documents from three generations of the Philip Thomas family of Cecil County, Maryland. The Thomas family was originally from Wales and traces its lineage in Maryland back to Philip and Sarah Harrison Thomas, who arrived in the colony from Bristol, England, in 1651. Three of the couple's children were born in England, and two others arrived after their settlement in Maryland. The Thomas family settled in Anne Arundel County, where Philip ...

Thomas, Ann

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