travelling salesman in 1880's

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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 5 Send Message	amy	Report	26 Oct 2006 19:29
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 5 Send Message	does anyone have any info on traveling salesman in the 1880's??? just found my great great granddad james carlyle forrester was a travelling salesman on the 1881 census. im interested in pictures or stories of life as a traveller. any ideas?? thanks
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 2,518 Send Message	Janet in Yorkshire	Report	26 Oct 2006 19:31
	Sometimes it was working from home, and going door to door. Does it say what goods he dealt in? Jay
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	26 Oct 2006 19:36
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	Slightly off the subject but in context, Richard Cobden, MP for Stockport in the mid 1800 started as a travelling salesman selling textiles. If you google the name there is plenty of information on him, and it might give you a bit of an insight.