Maurice Thomson
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Maurice Thomson
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Maurice Thomson (1601/04–1676), of St Andrew's parish, Eastcheap, City of London and of Haversham in Buckinghamshire, was an English merchant, slave trader and Puritan, said to be "England's greatest colonial merchant of his day". He obtained a monopoly of the Virginia tobacco trade. He was the eldest son and heir of Robert Thomson of Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, by his wife Elizabeth Harsflet, daughter of John Harsflet of Watton-at-Stone. His sister Mary Thomson married William Tucker, a mer
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English merchant, slave trader and Puritan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Thomson
date created:
2015-09-07T22:24:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:27:00Z
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