Research Catalog
- Title
- Thomas Coram, Gent., 1668-1751 / Gillian Wagner.
- Author
- Wagner, Gillian.
- Publication
- Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2004.
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- Description
- 218 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Boston (Mass.) > Biography
- British > Massachusetts > History > 18th century
- Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
- Foundling Hospital (London, England)
- Great Britain > History > 18th century > Biography
- Philanthropists > Great Britain > Biography
- Reformers > Great Britain > Biography
- Shipbuilding > Massachusetts > History > 18th century
- Taunton (Mass.) > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209) and index.
- Contents
- The making of the man, 1668-1693 -- Shipbuilding in New England -- Trouble in Taunton -- A new beginning -- A seed is sown -- Coram, Francis Grueber and David Dunbar -- First success -- The lure of America -- American correspondence -- Triumph -- 'My darling project' -- A shameful episode -- Coram in exile -- A gift misused -- The pensioner -- Epilogue : a short history of the Foundling Hospital and successor bodies -- Appendix : the ladies of quality and distinction.
- ISBN
- 1843830574 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003022237
- OCLC
- 53361054
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library