Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Series I: Thomas Family PapersThe Thomas materials in this collection relate mostly to John Lewis Thomas, Jr. (1835-1893). Papers of his include incoming and outgoing official correspondence; legal papers; certificates; personal accounts, bills and receipts; newspaper clippings; scrapbooks; and personal diaries.Thomas' activities from his first appointment as Collector of the Port of Baltimore in 1869 and up to his resignation from the same...