Thomas Palmer papers, 1735-1923

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Thomas Palmer papers, 1735-1923

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/464667076

The Thomas Palmer correspondence includes a great amount of papers dealing with mercantile transactions and affairs at Canandaigua, Albany, Buffalo, Detroit and elsewhere.

27 linear ft. (30 boxes, 40 volumes, 9 large manuscripts)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7566120

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Palmer, Thomas H., 1782-1861

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Thomas H. Palmer was an American printer, author, and educator. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to Philadelphia, establishing a printing shop. He later moved to Vermont, where he opened a school and library. In an effort to encourage American schoolchildren to complete their homework, Palmer penned the well-known maxim, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," in the introduction to his 1840 Teacher's Manual. From the description of Thomas H. Palmer letter to Marsh, Capen, Lyo...