Joplin, Thomas 1790-1847
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Born 1790 · died 1847
Thomas Joplin (1790?–1847) was an English timber merchant and banker, resident in Newcastle upon Tyne, notable as an early and persistent promoter of the concept of the joint stock bank.
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Joplin died in poverty in Silesia, and his papers are not known to exist.
Correspondents
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, two letters, 1843-1844.
Brougham papers, University College London (UCL)
JOSEPH HUME, five letters, 1824-1832.
London UL, A. L. s. 64, 66, 67.
WILLIAM JORDAN, one letter, 1824.
Bodleian, MS. Eng. Lett. d113.
SIR EDWARD KNATCHBULL, two letters, 1831-1844.
London UL, A.L.s 65, 68.
SIR ROBERT PEEL, four items, 1823-1841.
B. M. Add. MSS. 40354-40495.
Printed Material
New Palgrave ; ODNB.