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Jonah Thompson (1702-1780), a Quaker minister from Compton, England sent his son John Thompson (1744-1819) to America in 1770, where he aided fellow Quaker Anthony Benezet. John Thompson helped Benezet run his Quaker school for a few years, but soon became a merchant. He married Rebecca Chalkley J...
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| Collection: | Thompson Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0654 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 245 | 1 | |a Thompson family papers |f 1607-1903 | |
| 300 | |a 16.6 Linear feet |f 22 boxes, 81 volumes, 1 flat file | ||
| 500 | |a Materials Separated from the Resource: The Writing Master’s Assistant Containing a Concise and Practical System for Teaching and Writing (Volume 31), has been removed to the HSP rare book collection at the Library Company of Philadelphia. It has been cataloged under the call number Am 1764 Powell 654 V.31. | ||
| 520 | |a Jonah Thompson (1702-1780), a Quaker minister from Compton, England sent his son John Thompson (1744-1819) to America in 1770, where he aided fellow Quaker Anthony Benezet. John Thompson helped Benezet run his Quaker school for a few years, but soon became a merchant. He married Rebecca Chalkley James, who was the daughter of merchant Abel James. They had five children that lived to adulthood: James B. (1785-1818); Jonah (1786-1861); Rebecca (1790-1866); George (b. 1794); and Samuel (1797-1851). Shortly after the death of their brother James, Jonah and George became the proprietors of the Phoenix Nail Works in 1821, which specialized in the manufacture of iron nails, and they owned a store on Front Street in Philadelphia. George also assumed the title of warden at the Eastern State Penitentiary from 1839 to 1850, and held financial interests in the Pennsylvania Salt Company. James B. Thompson appears to have been the only Thompson brother to marry. He married Lydia Poultney and had two children, Rebecca (1811-1881), who married Isaac P. Morris, and John James (1815-1875), who married Elizabeth Hough Trotter (1818-1886). John James Thompson joined his brother-in-law in the firm I.P. Morris and Company in 1847, which specialized in iron manufacturing and supplying. The firm would eventually be renamed the Port Richmond Iron Works. John J. Thompson's three sons, James Beaton, Charles Trotter, and John James, followed their father in the iron trade. Elizabeth Hough Trotter Thompson’s brothers also were involved in the metal manufacturing. Charles West Trotter (1827-1903) and William Henry Trotter (1822-1898) operated Nathan Trotter and Company, which manufactured tin items. The Thompson Family Papers span from 1607 to 1936. The majority of the documents and volumes date between the late eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. The materials are rich in mercantile records; land papers; information about different aspects of the iron works industry; correspondence, both business and personal, involving various Thompson family members and associates; scenic prints; portraits; and pictures of Quaker meeting houses and many sites in the Thompsons’ native England. The papers of George Thompson, John J. Thompson, Abel James, and the various estate papers comprise the majority of this collection. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Purchased, Gratz Fund. Lydia Poultney Thompson Ivorytype: Gift of the Estate of Lydia T. Morris, 1932 | |
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Copper mines and mining--Pennsylvania |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Deaf and dumb institutions (Philadelphia, Pa.) |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Quakers--Philadelphia--19th century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Salt industry--Pennsylvania |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Thompson Family Papers |l 0654 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/mss/finding%20aid%200654%20Thompson_0.pdf |