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==Early Life==

==Early Life==

Fitzsimons' family immigrated to [[Philadelphia] in the mid-1750s. His father died shortly thereafter; young Thomas, upon completing his education, entered a counting-house as a clerk. <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000178</ref>  In 1763 Thomas went into business with his new brother-in-law, George Meade (the grandfather of the Civil War general), specializing in trade with the West Indies.

Fitzsimons' family immigrated to [[Philadelphia]] in the mid-1750s. His father died shortly thereafter; young Thomas, upon completing his education, entered a counting-house as a clerk. <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000178</ref>  In 1763 Thomas went into business with his new brother-in-law, George Meade (the grandfather of the Civil War general), specializing in trade with the West Indies.

<ref>http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/fitzsimons.htm</ref>

<ref>http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/fitzsimons.htm</ref>