Lyman
Americannoun
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Brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale got their start in 1872 selling hoop skirts, corsets and other women’s fashions on New York’s Lower East Side.
Reverend Lyman Granger told his dear friend, Reverend Lemuel Clark, that three local sisters were helping him speak to his daughter, Harriet.
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And Lemuel worried about Lyman’s sanity.
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So, when Lyman invited him for a visit, the concerned Lemuel was quick to accept.
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Lemuel knew Lyman, his wife and daughter; but the rest of the company were strangers, including Mr. Calvin Brown, Mrs. Leah Fish, her daughter Lizzie, and Mrs. Fox with her daughter Kate.
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