Thomas continued in the Army until January 1824 when he sold out his commission. He settled on land he named ``Dagworth'' (after the farm where he was born), an estate of 2,000 acres (8.1 km*) on the Hunter River, granted to him on 21 April 1825. In a letter to her niece, Louisa, dated 2 June 1825, Thomas'' wife Christiana describes her husband: ``Uncle Thomas has very dark hair, a high forehead, dark blue eyes, rather a short nose, a small mouth with a fine set of very white teeth, which he shows very much when he laughs; a very black beard, and nice black whiskers.
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