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Thomas Backhouse (June 15, 1792 - March 21, 1845), second son of Darlington banker and Quaker James Backhouse (June 29, 1757 - December 18, 1804), bought the Telford Nursery in York together with his younger brother James Backhouse (July 7, 1794-1869).
[From "Memoir of James Backhouse. By his Sister" (Sarah Backhouse), 2nd Edition, York & London, 1877, p. 14:] "On James Backhouse's return to Darlington, in 1815, it was with the intention of commencing business as a Nurseryman there. He was pleased with the idea of settling in his native place, and felt somewhat disappointed when he found that the old and well-established Nursery business of John and George Telford, of York, was to be disposed of. "I felt," he says, "theimportance of a right decision, and besought the Most High that He would condescend to direct me, and He in mercy heard and answered my prayer. On going to consult a relative, my mind still bent on my former plans, a clear impression of its being best for me to go to York, broke in upon me with such a feeling of sweetness, as at once overcame my predilection for Darlington. Keeping to this impression under the belief that it was from the Lord, my mind never became perplexed with doubts upon the subject.
"Accompanied by my cousin Jonathan Backhouse, who was one of my Father's executors, I went to York, and we soon made the needful arrangements for my taking the concern, but being convinced it was too large for myself alone, my brother Thomas consented to join me in it. This arrangement brought us into a position in which, with industry, and the income we had from other sources, we were placed in comfortable circumstances. Neither of us desired affluence, and we felt that we had cause for great thankfulness to our Heavenly Father, who had thus opened the way for our temporal provision.
"The business had been in the occupation of the Telford family for one hundred and fifty years. I removed to York in the 11th month of the same year, and my Brother followed soon after we had obtained possession in the 5th month of 1816. We lived in lodgings about a year, and then took a house in Micklegate, and our beloved Mother, with the rest of the family, came to live with us."
 
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