I. Thomas

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02388
Given Name
I.
Family Name
Thomas
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
I. Thomas was a newspaper printer in Trenton who was in partnership with George Sherman and John Mershon at the turn on the 19th century. He was affiliated with the newspaper the New-Jersey State Gazette in 1799 and then the Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette in 1800.

His newspaper routinely printed runaway notices and slave sale advertisements. The sale ads sometimes invited prospective buyers to "inquire of the printer," indicating that Thomas and his associates helped facilitate these sales.
Keywords
white person
printer
Places
Trenton
Related Person
George Sherman
John Mershon
References

William Nelson, “Some New Jersey Printers and Printing in the Eighteenth Century,” Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April 1911, 15–56. https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44806572.pdf.
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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  • Sale ad for a 12-year-old Black girl (Sale ad for a 12-year-old Black girl, "FOR SALE, A smart healthy NEGRO GIRL," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, December 2, 1800, p. 4.)
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