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My #books available in #physical or #online stores. Print & ebook.
#SamuelGist #Bristol #orphan sent to #Virginia, grew rich & freed slaves
#HenryBridges built huge musical #automata that toured decades educating inspiring #technology #Science hard to imagine #enlightenment without it

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#SamuelGist is an ambiguous #historic figure, famed for his colonial wealth but also was sent from #Bristol to #Virginia as an #orphan, then left huge sums to free his former #slaves. On sale in all formats from physical & online stores

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Cover of Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine

Cover of Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine

Description Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine

Description Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine

Cover The Midas of Manumission 
Orphan Samuel Gist & his Virginian slaves

Cover The Midas of Manumission Orphan Samuel Gist & his Virginian slaves

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#MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine in ebook or physical #formats from online or physical shops. Gisng #automata Ty hat to poured -#Britain & #Americas describing& entertaining #Astronomy #clockwork #engineering
@MidasOfManumission #SamuelGist #Bristol orphan sent to ColonialVirginia freed his #slaves.

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My book on #BristolOrphan #SamuelGist sent to #ColonialVirginia where he grew rich from trade & later from Marineinsurance. He left funds for former slaves to be freed& land. They still gather to remember him. On sale in all formats online & from physical shops

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My wonderful #HistoryBooks are still available in hard & softbacks & ebooks from online & physical #shops. #WifeSelling, #SamuelGist #manumission, #HenryBridges #Microcosm #automata #Science

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Front cover The Midas of Manumission Samuel Gist and his Virginian Slaves

Front cover The Midas of Manumission Samuel Gist and his Virginian Slaves

Rear cover The Midas of Manumission Samuel Gist and his Virginian Slaves

Rear cover The Midas of Manumission Samuel Gist and his Virginian Slaves

@TheMidasOfManumission is about #orphan #SamuelGist sent from #Bristol to #Virginia & returned to England to make a foryunr in #stocks. His will left funds to free & resettle former slaves, #descendants still gather to celebrate him. Available in all formats, all stores.

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Left to right books: Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine, TheMidasOfManumission, Frolicksome Women Troublesome Wives, The Great Flood Of 1607 with images of flood

Left to right books: Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine, TheMidasOfManumission, Frolicksome Women Troublesome Wives, The Great Flood Of 1607 with images of flood

Reading different subjects exercises your #brain. Buying several of my books saves on #postage. #TheMidasOfManumission #SamuelGist #FrolicksomeWomen #WifeSelling when #divorce was impossible. #HenryBridgesMicrocosm inspired #Science #Texhnology #History #TheGreatFloodOf1607 devastated #SevernEstuary

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#SamuelGist was a #Bristol #orphan sent to #colonial #Virginia where he grew rich from #tobacco then marine #insurance. On his death he freed one of largest groups of slaves & funds. Descendants still commemorate his #legacy. Available in all formats from usual outlets

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