An Exact and Industrious Tradesman: The Letter Book of Joseph Symson of Kendal, 1711-1720, Issue 34

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British Academy, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 794 pages
The eponymous hero of this book is an old man, who lived in a small provincial town, remote from fashionable centres of polite society. Yet the letters of Joseph Symson provide a rare glimpse into the public and private life of an inland merchant who was also a member of England's urban elite. The volume reveals how Symson organized his trade and attempted to organize his family. It details his responses to the political, economic, and religious uncertainties of the early years of the eighteenth century.
 

Contents

The Mercer of Kendal
xxxv
Religion and Rebellion
lxxvii
Patronage and Politics
lxxxvii
Family and Kin
xcvii
Conclusions
cxxvii
THE LETTER BOOK OF JOSEPH SYMSON 17111720 1
696
Indexes
749
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S.D. Smith is a Lecturer in History, University of York.

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