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    of the merchants. Ten of the market's 64 merchants had been there since its founding in 1892. In 1930, the Reading Terminal Market Merchants Association...
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    A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known...
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    Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a town and borough in Berkshire, England. Most of its built-up area lies within the Borough of Reading, although some outer...
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    prosperous English cloth merchant and patron of the towns of Reading and Newbury in Berkshire. John Kendrick was born in Reading, Berkshire, possibly in...
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    lit. 'China Merchants Bureau'), although by the 1880s it had turned into Lunchuan Zhaoshang Zongju (Chinese: 輪船招商總局; lit. 'China Merchants Shipbuilding...
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    ISBN 1-56584-969-8. Dautch, Aviva (15 March 2016). "A Jewish reading of The Merchant of Venice". British Library. Retrieved 13 September 2019. Gross...
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    Chinese Merchants Association (traditional Chinese: 安良工商會; simplified Chinese: 安良工商会; Jyutping: on1 loeng4 gung1 soeng1 wui2), or simply Chinese Merchants Association...
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    The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from Reading Gaol (/rɛ.dɪŋ.dʒeɪl/)...
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    investment bank. Merchant banks were the first modern banks and evolved from medieval merchants who traded in commodities, particularly cloth merchants. Historically...
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    Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for...
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