Adams, Thomas Sewall (1873-1933)

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Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, August 3, 1906

Jane Addams to Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett, February 3, 1920

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, March 1, 1920

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, May 20, 1920

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, June 19, 1920

Jane Addams to Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett, June 26, 1920

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, July 19, 1920

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Thomas Adams and W. Thomas Buckley, March 1, 1920

Thomas Sewell Adams to Jane Addams, June 16, 1920

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Birth Date

December 29, 1873

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February 8, 1933

Birthplace

Baltimore, MD

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Thomas Sewall Adams was an American economist, professor, and political advisor. After years of teaching political economics at both University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yale University, Adams served on the Wisconsin tax commissioner and drafted many of its tax laws. He wrote a number of books, including Labor Problems, with H.L. Sumner, and Outlines in Economics, with Richard T. Ely. Adams was a member of the League of Nations and President of the National Tax Association. Adams worked as an economic advisor to the U. S. Treasury from 1917 until his death in 1933.