Jonas Hanway Founder of the Marine Society

Jonas Hanway Founder of the Marine Society

James Stephen Taylor
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Author:  James Stephen Taylor
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  248
Publisher:  Scholar Press
Year:  1985
ISBN:  0859677001

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First edition. Ex library book with stamp at the base of the reading block. There is a library sticker on the first page; the book is otherwise in perfect condition

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Jonas Hanway (1712-86) was the most successful British philanthropist of the eighteenth century. This is the story of a remarkable man and the British merchant community that shaped his world view in youth and supported his charities in adulthood.

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