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and offered to teach him, but he was more interested in pursuing a vocational career. Nonetheless, he indulged his taste for arts and the society of artists throughout his life. He patented different art inventions from time to time and coordinated "one of the earliest social organizations of artists
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that "Beriah
Sellers" was used instead of "Eschol Sellers", but it had to be changed again when someone else objected to its use. The next editions of the novel used "Colonel Mulberry Sellers" instead. "Mulberry" happened to be the name of the neighborhood where Sellers was born and raised, and this
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Sellers returned to the United States in 1833 and started working at his father and grandfather's firm, Nathan & David
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had a fictional character — a satirical exploitative capitalist without redeeming social values — called "Colonel Eschol
Sellers". The name "Eschol Sellers" was suggested by Warner, and the use of "Eschol" was a carefully considered decision, with apocryphal descriptions of its antecedents. Warner
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Dr. J. H. Barton — a common friend of
Sellers and Warner — discovered the depiction and urged Warner to not use his friend's name. Warner forwarded a message to Sellers through Barton clarifying that the parallels in the storyline had been unintentional. On January 1, 1874, Sellers replied,
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and became interested in their mining operations. He invented a process for making paper-stock from vegetable fiber which was patented as US41101A on
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stated that he had interacted with an "Eschol
Sellers" 20 years prior to writing this book, and decided to use the name because of its rarity. He further added that "his name has probably carried him off before this; and if it hasn't, he will never see the book anyhow."
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Sellers married Rachel Brooks
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threatened to sue them if they did not change the name, and asked them to issue a disclaimer about the usage of his name. Warner agreed and said that the name would be changed in the future copies.
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The facilities offered by these works were as to induce the firm to undertake contracts for locomotives, resulting in building the first engines of this kind equipped with forged frames
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for working heavy grades and was patented as US7498A on July 9, 1850. He was engaged in the manufacturing and sales of railroad equipment for several years in the 1850s.
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in the 1850s, he received various patents for improvements he made on railroad locomotives, including a railroad engine which could climb steep hills.
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was on the aborigines' method of making earthenware salt pans. He also wrote detailed articles on how the local
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