general merchant

He then went into business on his own as a general merchant.

About the same time he began business on his own account as a general merchant.

He sold the ship and its cargo to begin business as a general merchant.

He engaged in business as a lumber-dealer and general merchant.

The brothers moved to Hokitika, where they worked as general merchants.

Henry had made a prominent name for himself, and from 1781 he settled in Montreal as a general merchant.

He next operated as a general merchant in New Denver.

He was the proprietor of a general merchant's shop in Belfast.

These individuals were very successful as general merchants and commission agents but it was near another 50 years before native converts began.

Smith also became a lumber dealer and general merchant.

He began business in Adelaide as a general merchant, then an auctioneer.

In Richmond Hill he took up employment as a general merchant.

In 1722 he left this business to his partner and became a general merchant in Montreal.

He later moved to Halifax where he established himself as a general merchant.

He was a blacksmith, general merchant, and a general agent.

Edward, his elder brother, had left it in the previous year to commence the business of a general merchant.

Houde was a general merchant, also selling lumber, paper and hay.

The company traded as general merchants, owned collieries and steamships.

William Dalgety Moore later established a general merchant business there in 1862.

He later worked as a clerk and then became a general merchant at Saint-Benoît making him a well established figure in the town.

Bellenger appears to have been a general merchant who took sea expeditions for trading purposes.

He later set up as a general merchant which failed after a short period of time "leaving a few empty barrels to pay his creditors with."

He was a general merchant in St. Peters.

From 1830 onwards, Scots became involved as general merchants with Indian interests.

The company's heavy dependence on department stores, which have been struggling, as opposed to other outlets like discounters and general merchants, didn't help.