It would be hard to place it all in to words. Since, I know that the two Thomas Beale's both Senior and Junior neither were the Thomas J. Beale that is supposed to bury a treasure in Bedford County, Virginia. It was just interesting to read what others thought of the two gentlemen. Why they died young is never stated at least I have not read it yet. I do know that Junior came to New Orleans about the same time that his father bought the Plantation. Eye witnesses that knew them both say that Senior died in September, 1820 and Junior died a little after July 24th, 1823 the day he made a next to final payment on the plantation. The final payment was made by the Manager of the Planter's and Merchants Hotel. Junior built the house on the plantation after his father died. He also moved from Charters Street Hotel to the Planter's and Merchant's Hotel and did fantastic business in 1821 and 1822 but the business started dying down in 1823 the year that he died. I have all the Manager's names, the Plantation boss' name over the servants and slaves of the Plantation. It also mentioned that Senior got sick and died on the Plantation in 1820. I can not explain everything but there is no mention of either of them coming to Virginia. Senior did owe a debt in Pennsylvania and another debt in South Carolina for a thousand acres of land. All the debts were paid in full. The one hundred and twenty four thousand that Junior was in debt for was the notes to his father for the hotels and plantation which he had no reason to pay. I just thought it was interesting to read. i felt like I had found a gold mine while I was reading these notes. I made copies of some the rest is scanned and saved in my computer. Some of it I have not even read. Reading about Thomas Beale Senior made me think I was reading about Donald Trump. He and his son were very savvy businessmen.
