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Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735 – May 22, 1778) was a Pennsylvania merchant and politician of the Revolutionary era. He served as the first president of Pennsylvania (an office akin to governor) following the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain .
Jan 19, 2019 · THOMAS WHARTON JR. was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He served on the committee that called a convention to meet ten days after the Declaration of Independence was signed for the purpose of framing Pennsylvania’s first Constitution.
Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution. This volume contains documents that relate to the government of Pennsylvania. The volume begins with a proclamation from 1728 and contains a range of proclamations from the Seven Years' War, before ending with a series of proclamations from the 1770s ...
Jun 2, 2021 · Thomas Wharton, Jr was the first President of Pennsylvania and led his Government out of Philadelphia when the British Occupation of Philadelphia began.
Mar 13, 2002 · “From George Washington to Thomas Wharton, Jr., 23 February 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0554. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington , Revolutionary War Series, vol. 13, 26 December 1777 – 28 February 1778 , ed. Edward G. Lengel.
Mar 13, 2002 · Anthony Wayne, who had just returned to camp from Lancaster, Pa., where he had been procuring clothing for the Pennsylvania regiments under his command, wrote Wharton on this date that “The Clothier General Informed me when I was at Lancaster that there were shirts in plenty at Camp.
Mar 7, 2002 · “To George Washington from Thomas Wharton, Jr., 3 January 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-07-02-0406. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington , Revolutionary War Series, vol. 7, 21 October 1776–5 January 1777 , ed. Philander D. Chase.
