Life Of Amos A. Lawrence: With Extracts From His Diary And Correspondence - Couverture souple

Lawrence Sir, William

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ISBN 10 : 1163099538 ISBN 13 : 9781163099537

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Life of Amos A. Lawrence is a biography written by William Lawrence that chronicles the life of Amos A. Lawrence, a prominent American businessman and philanthropist of the 19th century. The book includes extracts from Lawrence's diary and correspondence, providing a unique insight into his personal and professional life.Born in 1814, Amos A. Lawrence grew up in Boston and went on to become a successful merchant and banker. He was a leading figure in the development of the American textile industry and played a key role in the founding of Harvard Law School.The book covers Lawrence's early life, his business ventures, his philanthropic work, and his political and social activism. It also explores his personal relationships and the challenges he faced, including the death of his wife and the financial difficulties he experienced during the Civil War.Throughout the book, Lawrence's own words are used to provide a deeper understanding of his thoughts and motivations. His diary entries and letters reveal his concerns about slavery, his commitment to education, and his efforts to improve the lives of those around him.Overall, The Life of Amos A. Lawrence is a comprehensive and engaging biography that sheds light on the life and legacy of a remarkable American figure.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1163099538
• ISBN 13: 9781163099537
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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