Thomas Bond Jr. (126)

Election date: 1768 (Elected to the revived American Philosophical Society.)
APS Office(s): Curator of the APS (1774-1776), secretary of the APS (1776-1779, 1784-1786)

Thomas Bond, Jr. (10 August 1743–17 July 1793) was a physician, manufacturer, and merchant, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1768. Born in Philadelphia, the son of founding APS member Thomas Bond, he graduated from the College of Philadelphia in 1760 before beginning his preceptorship with his father. Rather than pursue medicine, Bond changed course and entered the mercantile business by way of manufacturing and selling hosiery. His business venture, however, proved unsuccessful and even his family’s wealth could not erase his substantial debt. This failure prompted his return to medicine, a shift aided by his brother-in-law and fellow APS member Dr. John Morgan. With the arrival of the American Revolution, Bond joined the Pennsylvania forces as a surgeon in 1776. The following year he was appointed an assistant director of the General Hospital. After the war, he practiced medicine with his father while expanding his land speculation efforts. He died in 1793 while touring lands he had recently acquired in western Virginia. In addition to his father and brother-in-law, his uncles Phineas Bond and Hugh Roberts were also APS members. (PI)

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