Philip Thomas

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Other Names: Hai-wa-nob

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1776

Birth Place: Maryland

Death Date: 1861

Death Place: New York

Affiliations: Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends. Committee on Indian Concerns , Society of Friends

Notes: First president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1827-1836); called "The Father of American Railways." Prominent member of the Society of Friends and served as chair of Indian Committee (1821-1832) and as representative to Washington for the Six Nations of Indians. Earned the title "Hai-wa-nob" (the Benevolent One) from the Swan Tribe of the Seneca People. Clerk of BYM Indian Committee, at least 1803-1813.

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