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Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

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Personal name headingMifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800
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See alsoScaevola, 1744-1800
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Pennsylvania. Governor (1790-1799 : Mifflin)
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LocatedPa.
Birth date1744-01-10
Death date1800-01-20
Place of birthPa.
Profession or occupationGovernors Legislators (State government) Merchants Quakers Senators, U.S. Congress
Found inHis Message from the president of the United States, inclosing a letter ... from the governor of the state of Pennsylvania, 1798.
DAB (Mifflin, Thomas; Univ. of Pa., A.M. 1763; merchant at Phila.; in U.S. Revolution; member of Pa. General Assembly, U.S. Congress; governor of Pa.; b. 1/10/1744; d. 1/20/1800)
Massachusetts Historical Society, via WWW, Mar. 14, 2013: The coming of the American Revolution (Thomas Mifflin; Quaker; merchant; outspoken proponent of non-importation; penned scathing diatribes against British trade policy under pseud. Scaevola; elected to the Pennsylvania assembly, 1772, served until Oct. 1775; became Washington's aide-de-camp, June 1775, and in Aug. the first quartermaster-general of the Continental Army; resigned Oct. 1777; served in Congress 1782-84; governor of Pennsylvania, 1790-99; b. Penn., 10 Jan. 1744; d. 20 Jan. 1800)
MWA/NAIP files, Mar. 14, 2013 (hdg.: Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800; note: also used pseudonym Scaevola)
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