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The Seligman Brothers - dry goods
peddlers in Pennsylvania and Alabama
Page entitled : Seligman
Brothers, dry goods peddlers
Content of this page is about :
How Joseph Seligman and his brothers William Seligman and James Seligman
peddled dry goods in Pennsylvania and Alabama
Extract :
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The young partners were a
good team, each having his specific talents so that they essentially
completed each other. Joseph was the energetic leader, a perfectionist who
abhorred waste. The eldest, he took a father's role compared to the younger
brothers and kept the store and warehouse, while William and James did the
peddling. James was the best salesman of the quartet and indeed his tours
netted more than the others', although his book-keeping was sometimes
flawed. ...
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