Thomas Stuart Willan
Author
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Pub. Date
c1970
Physical Desc
vii, 208 p., [2] p. of plates : facsims., geneal. tables, map.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Biography of Abraham Dent (1729-1803), particularly his life as an 18th century shopkeeper in Kirkby-Stephen, Westmoreland County, England. He married three times, had five children by the first marriage, and corresponded extensively with the Waller family (for whom he administered property in Kirkby-Stephen).