Thomas mifflin biography
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About
THOMAS MIFFLIN was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated at a Quaker school there as well as at the new College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania). Engaged in the mercantile business, he served in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly in , , and , and in the First Continental församling in In May he was appointed a Major and went on to become George Washington’s aide-de-camp and the Continental Army’s first Quartermaster-General during the war of independence. He saw action in numerous battles, including Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton, rising in rank to Brigadier-General and then Major-General. However, his participation in the military resulted in his dismissal by the Quaker Meeting, and he was ultimately forced to resign his brev after participating in a plot to replace then-General Washington during a difficult period of the war. He went on to serve once again in the state Assembly in and and in Congress from to —as President in Mifflin was a
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MIFFLIN, Thomas
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers, 6 papers of Thomas Mifflin include notes on metaphysics and the elements of the law of nature () made by him as a student at Philadelphia College, now the University of Pennsylvania.
Papers:In the Marian S. Carson Collection of Manuscripts, ca. , linear feet. Subjects include Thomas Mifflin. A finding aid is available in the library.
Papers:In the William A. Oldridge Collection of George Washington's Headquarters Staff Writings, , pondents include Thomas Mifflin. An index is available in the library.
Papers:In the Nicholas Van Dyke Papers, , 1 pondents include Thomas Mifflin.
Papers:In the Henry A. Willard II Collection, ca. , linear foot. Persons represented include Thomas Mifflin. A finding aid is available in the library.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Papers, 1 volume.A manuscript schoolbook titled "Abridgement of Metaphysics" used by Thomas Mifflin. The sch
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Governor Thomas Mifflin
Biography
Thomas Mifflin, Pennsylvania's first governor under the Constitution of , was born in Philadelphia January 10, , the oldest son of John and Elizabeth (Bagnell) Mifflin, a prosperous merchant family and early Quaker settlers. Mifflin graduated from the College of Philadelphia in , worked for Philadelphia merchant William Coleman, and married Sarah Morris on March 4, With the Revolution approaching, Mifflin was known as a fiery Whig speaker, although he urged a moderate approach. Silas Deane later proclaimed Mifflin to be the "Soul of Philadelphia." Mifflin's popularity helped him become a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from to and the First Continental Congress until hostilities erupted with Great Britain.
He entered the Continental Army and was the quartermaster general until , a decision that brought him into personal religious conflict, causing him to be dismissed from his Quaker Meeting for participating in military action. In June , then