In February 1776 he advertised his country farm for rent: 3 By April 1772 he had assembled a ninety-acre estate on the south side of "the road leading from Philadelphia to Haverford." Harrison improved the place by building a house and barn and by planting orchards. Beginning in October 1771, Thomas Harrison 1 made three purchases 2 in less than six months. It was a prosperous Quaker tailor (and radical social reformer) who consolidated the land.
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