Business papers, 1806.

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Business papers, 1806.

These notes include the terms of sale for Thomas Clarkson's A Portraiture of Quakerism...(N.Y., 1806), lists of books with prices, lists of books to be exchanged with other firms, and other matters.

1 v. (73 leaves) ; octavo.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6957615

American Antiquarian Society

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Kimber & Conrad

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Kimber, Thomas, 1787-1864

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These business notes, interleaved in an 1806 almanac, were produced by Thomas Kimber (1787-1864), of the Philadelphia firm, Kimber, Conrad & Company, which published the almanac. This firm was owned by booksellers Emmor Kimber (1775-1850), a prominent Quaker leader and minster, and Solomon White Conrad (1779-1831). Thomas Kimber later owned his own firms, Kimber & Richardson, 1811-1815, and Kimber and Sharpless, 1815-1853. From the description of Business papers, 1806. (Unkno...

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

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Philanthropist. Entered St John's 1780. B.A. 1783. Clarkson won the members prize for Latin essay in 1785, the subject being a question 'anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare?' ('is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?') This contest determined the course of the rest of his life. The essay was read in the Senate House to much applause in June 1785, and published by James Phillips in June 1786. He met William Wilberforce in 1786 and co-founded a committee for the suppr...

Conrad, Solomon White, 1779-1831

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Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850

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