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| | GEORGE EDWARD BELCHER |
 | | Among the noted members of the family was Jonathan Belcher, who was sent to England, in 1730, as a representative of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and made such a favorable impression upon George I, King of England, that the latter appointed him Governor of his native province. |
 | | Massachusetts, and entered the employ of the Dale, Walker and Phinney Last Company, embarking thereby upon his career as last-maker in which he was destined to attain an outstanding reputation and record. |
 | | At first his duties were shaving lasts, and being alert and an apt student, he soon mastered the intricacies of the manufacture and the conduct of the business, rising with rapid gradation through the various departments of the industry. |
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