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Duncon, Samuel (1607–1680), haberdasher and pamphleteer  

Frank Grace

Duncon, Samuel (1607–1680), haberdasher and pamphleteer, was the second son of John Duncon of Mendlesham, Suffolk; details of his place of birth and of his mother are unknown. In 1624 he was apprenticed to Edmund Kene, an Ipswich merchant and portman, or chief burgess. ...

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Rickman, Thomas Clio (1761–1834), bookseller, author, and political reformer  

Pamela Clemit and Jenny McAuley

Rickman, Thomas Clio (1761–1834), bookseller, author, and political reformer, was born Thomas Rickman on 27 July 1761 at The Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex. He was the fourth and youngest son of John Rickman (1715–1789), a Quaker brewer and proprietor of the Bear Inn, Cliffe...

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Sams, Joseph (1784–1860), bookseller and dealer in antiquities  

M. L. Bierbrier

Sams, Joseph (1784–1860), bookseller and dealer in antiquities, was born on 26 February 1784 at Wellington, Somerset, the son of Joseph Sams and his wife, Esther, both members of the Society of Friends. He was educated at Ackworth School, Yorkshire, from 1794 to 1798, and was a teacher there from 1804 to 1810. He married at ...