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Singerman ID#supp2987

The Book of Commerce by Sea and Land, exhibiting Its Connexion with Agriculture, the Arts, and Manufactures. To which are added a History of Commerce, and a Chronological Table; Designed for the Use of Schools. Illustrated by a Map and Numerous Engravings.

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Singerman ID#supp2987

The Book of Commerce by Sea and Land, exhibiting Its Connexion with Agriculture, the Arts, and Manufactures. To which are added a History of Commerce, and a Chronological Table; Designed for the Use of Schools. Illustrated by a Map and Numerous Engravings. Boston: Carter, Hendee, & Co., and Allen and Ticknor, 1834 [c1833]. 185 p.

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The section, "Diamonds," relates the tale of an exceedingly poor woman in Norwich and the cheating Jew who offers her mere pocket change for an uncut diamond. Not trusting a Jew, she refuses to sell and later discovers that what she thought was an ordinary stone was a valuable diamond realizing the equivalent of $5,000 when it was sold (at p. 66). Rinderknecht 23466.