The Exeter Cloth Dispatch Book, 1763-1765
Todd Gray
(Editor)
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Description
Winner of the Best Books on Devon's History: Academic Award from the Devon History Society A richly illustrated exploration of the national and international importance of the early modern Exeter cloth trade. This book reproduces a newly discovered manuscript detailing the exports of Claude Passavant, a Swiss émigré merchant. Passavant's dispatch book comprises the most extensive surviving collection of Devon cloth with 2,475 surviving cloth samples. Thirteen chapters discuss the local and wider contexts of eighteenth-century cloth making. This study explores the quality, range, and vibrancy of cloth that lead to Exeter becoming an internationally renowned centre for the manufacture and trade of woollen cloth.
Product Details
Price
$57.44
Publisher
Devon & Cornwall Record Society
Publish Date
February 19, 2021
Pages
352
Dimensions
6.6 X 9.5 X 1.4 inches | 2.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780901853639
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About the Author
Todd Gray's passion for history along with his extensive background in policing has him debuting as a novelist with the first of a trilogy: The 49th Protocol. It's a contemporary mystery with an historic angle, featuring RCMP member Mac (Stewart MacGregor) and his complex, flawed, and fearless team.Gray's thirty years of RCMP service include a four-year assignment in Canada's capital city of Ottawa on the famous Musical Ride, and five years as an instructor in the RCMP training academy. Other assignments include plain clothes GIS, the Emergency Response Team, and as a police instructor where he taught basic firearms and defensive tactics. Today Todd is involved in background acting for film productions being shot in the Calgary area. He's a skilled woodworker and in high demand as an animal portraitist.He was born into an artistic family and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. He played sports, participated in rodeo, and obtained a university degree in physical education. He spent time in the military before beginning his career with the RCMP in 1988, serving urban, rural, and remote communities. Todd, his wife, and their two sons, share their home with two large dogs in Alberta's big-sky ranch country.