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Very truly yours, Wm. F. Read : the business and personal correspondence of a Philadelphia textile manufacturer 1888-1914

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Main Author: Foster, Benjamin R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [S.l. : Benjamin R. Foster], 2012.
Subjects and Genres:
Read, William Franklin, > 1833-1916 > Correspondence.
Read, William Franklin, > 1833-1916 > Biography.
Reed family.
Textile industry > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Sources.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Glossary of Terms
  • 1.The Textile Trade
  • 1. Concerning Revision of Tariffs
  • 2. To Textile Manufacturers
  • a. To Thomas Drower, Concerning Unionization
  • b. To John White, a British Textile Manufacturer
  • c. To F.W. Chance, a British Textile Manufacturer
  • d. Miscellaneous Textile Business Matters
  • 2. The Sale of St. Philips Episcopal Church
  • 3. Miscellaneous Correspondence
  • 1. Introductions and Recommendations
  • 2. Complaints
  • 3. The Huggard Affair
  • 4. Various Business Matters
  • 4. Family Letters and Business
  • 1. Nursing Care for an Incompetent Sister
  • 2. To Franklin Read
  • 3. Dealings with Conyers Family
  • 5. The Read Family at Home and Abroad
  • Illustrations
  • Appendix: The Rise and Fall of the Baily Family.

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