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Subject: what was a 'Steward' in 1817?
Date: 1 Apr 2005 15:58:24 GMT
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Don Aitken wrote in a message to unicorn:
DA> From: Don Aitken <>
>One other thing, if you read this and would be so kind ..... Would then the
>fact he became a 'Clerk' 2 years later be an upward move from being a
>'Steward'?
>
DA> It depends what kind of clerk. The term covers a wide range in
DA> status - from the menial in an office who does nothing but copy out
DA> letters in longhand (*most* office jobs were like that) right up to
DA> the "confidential clerk", who was the equivalent to private
DA> secretary to the boss. The latter would be of similar status to
DA> steward, and better paid, although, unlike the steward, he probably
DA> wouldn't be housed, well fed, and waited on at his employer's
DA> expense.
And then there is the "clerk in holy orders", the plural of which is "clergy".
Sala kahle
Steve Hayes
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