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An exact and industrious tradesman : the letter book of Joseph Symson of Kendal, 1711-1720 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Symson, Joseph, 1650-1731
Other Authors: Smith, S. D. (Simon David), 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, [2002]
Series:Records of social and economic history ; new ser., 34.
Subjects:
Symson, Joseph, > 1650-1731 > Correspondence.
Merchants > England > Kendal > Correspondence.
Kendal (England) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
England > Economic conditions > 18th century > 34.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations x
  • Preface xii
  • Acknowledgements xiii
  • Editorial Method xiv
  • Introduction: 'An Exact and Industrious Tradesman': Joseph Symson
  • of Kendal (1650-1731)
  • The Letter Book xxi
  • Who was Joseph Symson? xxv
  • The Mercer of Kendal xxxvi
  • Religion and Rebellion lxxvii
  • Patronage and Politics Ixxxviii
  • Family and Kin xcvii
  • Conclusions cxxviii
  • THE LETTER BOOK OF JOSEPH SYMSON (1711-1720) 1
  • Appendices
  • I. Pedigree of Joseph Symson 696
  • II. Biographies of Selected Individuals Appearing in the
  • Letter Book 698
  • III. Glossary of Textile and Trading Terms 735
  • IV. Kendal's Society for the Suppression of Vice (1692) 739
  • V. Last Will and Testament of Joseph Symson 743
  • Indexes
  • Personal Names 749
  • Place Names 777
  • Subjects 785.