Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas papers The Thomas materials in this collection relate mostly to John F. Thomas Sr. (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 up to his resignation from the same position in 1882...