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Jourdan, thank you for replying to my message. I posted it some time ago to stir up some
controversy but yours is the first reply.
The Thomas I'm referring to is the son of Mylles Cary the immigrant. He also had a son
by the name of Thomas and a grandson Thomas III that I believe is the Thomas you are
alluding to.
Abraham’s solicitation to the Richmond Whig Extra 1852 was a response to a hoax of
fortunes of unclaimed property that was due to any heirs of Mylles Cary the immigrant. It
had many errors in it and one should be careful not to use it as the only source of
information, although some have found it to be useful. It is apparent that he had done
some research but that it was probably skewed to favor the benefactors of the convincing
hoax.
Jim