An Exact and Industrious Tradesman: The Letter Book of Joseph Symson of Kendal, 1711-1720, Issue 34The 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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accept advice affectionate answer assure August Bayly bill bond brother carrier charge Chorley comes Company cousin date pay days after date Dear debt December desire directed draw expect father favour February further give glad hand hear hope Hoxton humble servant instant interest James January John Barwick Joseph Symson July June Lane let me know letter linseys Liverpool London Kendal Manchester March mentioned merchant in London month November obliged observed occasion October pack paid partner past payable piece place to account pleased pounds value received present Preston ready receipt records Richard Robert Symson Samuel Scrimshire sent September serve shillings sight sister soon sort Street tell thank Thomas told town trade trouble twenty twenty-eight days week William Wilson write wrote yard