The 1837-1838 journal of Francis Tomes / compiled by Ruth Grimm. 1977.

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The 1837-1838 journal of Francis Tomes / compiled by Ruth Grimm. 1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38129697

Diary kept during overland journey from New York City to the West and the South, October 19, 1837 to March 19, 1838.

178 leaves, [7] leaves of maps : maps ; 28 cm.

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Tomes, Francis, 1780-1869

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Francis Tomes was an English-born businessman. He was born October 14, 1780, in Chipping Campden, Gloucester, England. Due to financial hardship caused by the death of his father in 1785, Francis began working early in life as a clerk to Edward Lewis, who had a Birmingham-based trading business. In 1812 Tomes married Maria Roberts, and soon after he started his own trading business, which failed. His former employer Lewis hired him to start a branch of his business in Ne...