Trade and Letters: Their Journeyings Round the World. Three Discourses, Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco.

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Scott, W.A. Trade and Letters: Their Journeyings Round the World. Three Discourses, Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco, and Published at the Request of the Association. [New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1856] Blind stamped purple cloth; 168pp including a 16 part Appendix. There is a page of ?Dedication. / to / The Members / of the / Mercantile Library Association / of San Francisco? [by] W.A. Scott. / San Francisco, 10th May, 1856.? The SF Mercantile Library Association was established in 1852, according to its constitution, ?to stimulate a generous rivalry in mental culture, by rendering it the fashion to read and converse on literary topics.? It remained an active, viable library in San Francisco throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. William Anderson Scott (1813-1885) attended Cumberland and Princeton where he completed his theological studies. He served as a pastor, missionary, and college president in various states (Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee) until answering a call to San Francisco in 1854. There, he was the organizing pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church. In 1863 he left to provide ministry in New York, but returned to San Francisco in 1870 where he became pastor of St. Johns Presbyterian Church and a professor at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. He served in that dual capacity until his death in 1885. His lecture series at the Mercantile Library, printed in this volume, was delivered in the second year of his first tenure in San Francisco. Scott?s series of three lectures included in the book are titled ?Homes of Trade and Letters?; ?Trade and Letters; Their Connection and Influence on the Progress of Nations?; and ?Hints on the Commercial Spirit of the Age.? His third lecture ends with the statement, ?A good conscience in business is the only source of perennial peace, and the more extended are our business relations, the more important it is to preserve our commercial integrity as a people.? The spine shows some color fading and spotting; several water marks on the covers; o/w in VG+ condition with the interior clean and bright. [B08-129]. N° de ref. del artículo 000526

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