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An Instrument with which the Chinese make their arithmetical calculations

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 7, 1791

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 7 Feb 1791

Additional Source Text:

Also listed in New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth), 23 Feb 1791

Notes:

George Meminger (d. 1798) was a Philadelphia merchant and the owner of 900 acres in Mifflin co., Pa. He did business with Europe and the West Indies, importing cheese, cognac, wine, and sugar. He was appointed a captain in the Marine Corps shortly before his death. Meminger was a subscriber to Bartholomew Burges, A series of Indostan letters; containing a striking account of the manners & customs of the Gentoo nations & of the Moguls & other Mahomedan tribes in Indostan (New York, 1790).

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