RichardB Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 About forty years ago, a middle-aged, respectable looking man in a blue Smock frock and with a begrimed face, might haVe daily been seen, attended by his wife, in a coal barge, prosecuting his business as a coal merchant between the Whittington and Norwood collieries and the town of Retford. Ten years later the same respectable pair might have been met with in Market Street, Sheffield and afterwards in the Hart's head presiding over an eating house and poulterer's shop; and there they remained until so recent a period as 1826. How does the romantic name of Matthias D'Amour harmonize with such homely callings. It is however nb fictitious one and as Matthias is a genuine personage and still extant in the town of Sheffield we shall take leave to introduce him to the world at large and to the admirers of fashionable life and chronicles in particular as a very superior authority, indeed, compared for example with Mr Willis the American pbet and diplomatist. Link if anyone can work out what this is all about, I, for one, would be much obliged. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthias D'Amour ? Anyone ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 His Memoirs - Google books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share Posted November 26, 2010 His Memoirs - Google books Grand work Vox, I'll set 'em up, you kick 'em through the goalposts ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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