Download or read book An Eighteenth-century Shopkeeper: Abraham Dent of Kirkby Stephen written by Thomas Stuart Willan and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Abraham Dent (1729-1803), particularly his life as an 18th century shopkeeper in Kirkby-Stephen, Westmoreland County, England. He married three times, had five children by the first marriage, and corresponded extensively with the Waller family (for whom he administered property in Kirkby-Stephen).