McGill Library
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Autograph letters, 1819-1859
File
64 textual records
Thomas Abraham, born in Seaton, Cumberland in England. He seems to have worked as an accountant and also as a schoolmaster. In 1803 in Penrith, Cumberland, he married Orpah Clarke, who bore him many children, many of whom died in infancy. Thomas outlived his eldest son Robert, who had emigrated to North America where he had a successful journalistic career. Thomas died in Carlisle, having lived in Cumberland all his life.
File consists of 64 letters from Thomas Abraham to recepients including Robert, John, and Margaret Abraham, on subjects including literature and books, a local watch-making business, clothes, the newspaper business, as well as news of various friends and family members.
Some undated