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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 1 (search)
n Philadelphia in 1754, upon his return from a voyage to the island of Santa Cruz. His wife had died some years previously. In his will he named three children, Garrett, George, and Catherine, to whom he bequeathed his property, appointing his brother-in-law, George Stritch, of Barbadoes, his executor. From this will it appearre living there. However that may be, it is certain that we find them a few years subsequently living in Philadelphia, the sons forming a firm under the style of Garrett and George Meade, following the same mercantile pursuits as their father had followed before them. It is evident, from what has been learned of the character anhis family was sojourning in Philadelphia, where he died in 1766, leaving a widow and three daughters. About the year 1770, after the death, it is presumed, of Garrett, the elder brother, Thomas Fitzsimons became associated in business with George Meade, the firm being then known as that of George Meade & Co. This connection la