“NINE TAILORS MAKE A MAN”
In 1742 an orphan hoy applied for alms at a fashionable London tailor’s shop, in which nine journeymen were employed. His interesting appearance opened the hearts of the benevolent gentleman of the cloth, who immediately contributed nine shillings for the relief of the little stranger. With that capital the youth purchased fruit, which he retailed at a profit. Time passed on, and wealth and honour smiled upon the young trader, so that, when he rode in his carriage instead of troubling the Herald’s College for his crest, he painted on the panel “Nine tailors made me a man.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 3
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103“NINE TAILORS MAKE A MAN” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 3
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