John Thelwall [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… the son of a silk mercer. After the death of his father, Joseph, in 1772, his mother Mary attempted to continue the family business and Thelwall tried his hand for a time as a silk merchant, but soon looked elsewhere to help relieve his family’s increasingly desperate economic situation. He attempted a number of careers: painting, acting, tailoring, and in …
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