[CHARLES THOMSON](1729-1824)

Orphaned while en route to America from his native Ireland, Thomson landed in New Castle, Delaware, in 1739. He attended the academy of Dr. Francis Alison at New London, Pennsylvania. It was this same academy that moved to Newark, Delaware, and eventually became the University of Delaware.

Thomson earned a reputation for integrity and fairness among the Indians and was even adopted by the Delaware Tribe. It was from these experiences that this important frontier narrative came Thomson became very active in Pennsylvania politics and was chosen secretary of the Continental Congress in 1774, a post which he held until 1789.

Gift in memory of Albert N. Raub, President of Delaware College 1888-1896