Jan. 24, 1887 Condolence Letter from Thomas Hammond in Madison, GA
February 20, 2018Thomas Hammond of Madison, Georgia wrote this condolence letter to John F. Armstrong on 24 January 1887. A business, Hammond had worked for Daly & Armstrong Dry Goods in Augusta before he moved to Madison.
Marie Van Sant Hudson contributed research for this post.
References
“Brevities.” Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA), 17 Augusta 1882, online archives, Genealogybank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 27 February 2018), original cited p. 4.—-Notes: Brief mention that Thomas Hammond had worked for Daly & Armstrong and now lived in Madison, GA, where he owned a business.
“Go to Philadelphia – Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Leave Today For Their New Home,” Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA), 2 September 1900, online archives, Genealogybank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 March 2018), original cited p. 6.—-Notes: States that Thomas Hammond had been working for James Daly & Co. John F. Armstrong withdrew from Daly & Armstrong in 1891 and Daly continued the business. Mrs. Hammond was a dressmaker in Augusta but was not going to work in Philadelphia due to health problems.
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Certificate of Death no. 22851, Thomas Hammond, 25 October 1915, Philadelphia County, City of Philadelphia; consulted through “Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966,” digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2018); citing Series 11.90: Death Certificates, 1906–1963, Record Group 11: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.