<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">James-Thomas-Jr-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Thomas, James, Jr. papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the James Thomas, Jr. Papers <num>Mss. 39.2 T38</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2007-06-28</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 13:32:10 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
  <did>
    <repository>
      <corpname>Special Collections Research Center</corpname>
    </repository>
    <unittitle>James Thomas, Jr. Papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Thomas, James. Jr.</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>Mss. 39.2 T38</unitid>
    <unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/resources/964</unitid>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.01 Linear Foot</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1851/1867" type="inclusive">1851-1867</unitdate>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_ab818dc37298a4c22b44747cf2ed2783"><language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial>
  </did>
  <bioghist id="aspace_a88a1e71216cf86223255824498d08c9">
    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>James Thomas, Jr. was a tobacco merchant during the Civil War era based out of Richmond, VA.</p>  </bioghist>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_f71db6330a27de00eb1da20c59f5cd53">
    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Purchase</p>  </acqinfo>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_fbe36fcb068f22348e3fa2bb7111224d">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_b3065fffc4c957c76dd27aeabab6fdc1">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>James Thomas, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_a9aabed32405922becc66e6057506a6a">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Papers, 1851-1867, of James Thomas, Jr., a tobacco dealer in Richmond, Va. mainly concerned with the tobacco trade and prices in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore markets. Consists of correspondence and financial papers.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <userestrict id="aspace_ce7d3add14fef912398a98528671eeb6">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
  <controlaccess>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Financial records</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Receipts (financial records)</genreform>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
    <subject source="local">Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Richmond (Va.)--History</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Tobacco--Virginia--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States--Antebellum South--History</subject>
    <subject source="local">United States--Economic history</subject>
  </controlaccess>
  <dsc><c id="aspace_7d6e3e852e566284b6d1a73a1d4fd14e" level="file"><did><unittitle>Incoming business correspondence</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/270565</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1852-1854</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Century Box" id="aspace_4ef44ae24291d70e3aa93f438fc62b32" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Manuscripts Group 2 Box 31</container><container id="aspace_b84ec6ac253e1ba06892921f3a5c162d" parent="aspace_4ef44ae24291d70e3aa93f438fc62b32" type="folder">1</container></did></c><c id="aspace_fc11fdafb9370379732c567eb6f74ee1" level="file"><did><unittitle>Incoming business correspondence</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/270567</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1855-1861</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Century Box" id="aspace_3789bd957215fd5f1f9b1c44bb1cd4b4" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Manuscripts Group 2 Box 31</container><container id="aspace_ea5987dd1ac07547bbe4841563d23db6" parent="aspace_3789bd957215fd5f1f9b1c44bb1cd4b4" type="folder">2</container></did></c><c id="aspace_5a3fd1d5e29b0177620c580790ea11a0" level="file"><did><unittitle>Accounts, invoices, checks, and other financial papers</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/270568</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1851-1867</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Century Box" id="aspace_b56a7277c273a8c35532af8e2aeab1f2" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Manuscripts Group 2 Box 31</container><container id="aspace_2d9ff8848f3495163315880ea7c2b721" parent="aspace_b56a7277c273a8c35532af8e2aeab1f2" type="folder">3</container></did></c></dsc>
</archdesc>
</ead>