Thomas Satterthwaite (26 March, 1720, in

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– 16 August 1790) was a prominent

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who was involved in the

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Early life

Thomas was the son of Thomas Satterthwaite (1685-1728) and Mary Ledger. After the death of his father, the family moved to Lancaster, where Thomas' sister Cecily was living with her husband John Dilworth whom she had married in 1712. Dilworth was himself a prominent member of the quaker community in Lancaster and was active in the slave trade. His brother, Benjamin Satterthwaite became a

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or agent for a group of Lancaster slave traders, first in

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and then in

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. Amongst Benjamin's correspondence are letters to Thomas, primarily about business. Thomas went into partnership with Charles Inman. He was an early commissioner for the

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(1755-1758).

References

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