Call Number:

MC.975.02.024

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Thomas Thompson letterbook (HC.MC.975.02.024), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1820

Creator:

Thompson, Thomas

Form:

Correspondence

Abstract:

Thomas Thompson was a British Quaker, pharmaceutical chemist, and Elder in his Meeting. This letterbook includes Thompson's personal correspondence with Robert Southey concerning Quaker related pamphlets, particularly a pamphlet entitled "Life of Wesley."

Thomas Thompson (1776-1861) was born in Westmorland, England, the son of Thomas Thompson and Isabel Thompson, on February 11, 1776.

Thomas Thompson had hoped to be a doctor, but the family's financial situation was negatively affected by a fire at his father's banking business. Instead of becoming a doctor, Thompson went to London where he studied pharmaceutical chemistry under William Allen. Thompson married Frances Phillips in 1807. The couple had children: George Thompson (1811), Jane Thompson (1811), William Thompson (1813), William Thompson (1813), John Thompson (1815), Christiana Thompson (1816), and Silvanus Thompson (1818). After his marriage, Thompson established a business in Liverpool as a pharmaceutical and manufacturing chemist, and later became an Elder in his meeting.

Thomas Thompson died at Cloughton near Liverpool, on March 14, 1861.

This collection is comprised of the single volume of Thomas Thompson's letterbook. The letterbook includes Thompson's personal correspondence with Robert Southey concerning Quaker related pamphlets, particularly a pamphlet entitled "Life of Wesley."