...that great city . After spending his last shillingat the places of public resort, in the neighborhood of London, he went to sea, and passed the years between...proceeds returned to London. Here he spent nine months n learning the confectionary business, and the makingof gingerbread. In the year 1754, he returned...

...from London to Holland, Ireland, and the West Indies, as a common sailor. In these voyages he saved 25 pounds sterling; with which he bought a quantity of...arrived in 1753. He sold these clothes for a profit of ihree hundred per cent, and with the proceeds returned to London. Here he spent nine months in learning...

...from London to Holland, Ireland, and the West Indies, as a common sailor. In these voyages he saved 25 pounds sterling; with which he bought a quantity of...Philadelphia, where he arrived in 1753. He sold these clothes fora profit of three hundred per cent, and with the proceeds returned to London. Here he spent nine...

...saved twenty-five pounds sterling ; with which he bought a quantity of ready-made clothes, and sailed for Philadelphia, where he arrived in 1753. He sold...London. Here he spent nine months in learning the confectionery business, and the making of gingerbread. In the year 1754 he returned to Philadelphia...

...great city . After spending his last shilling, at the places of public resort, in the neighborhood of London, he went to sea, and passed the years between...with a number of gingerbread prints, and immediately setup his business of family and gingerbread baker, in Lztitia Court. In 1755 he married Mrs. Catharine...