Name Harper Twelvetrees | Died 1881 | |
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Harper Twelvetrees (1823-1881) was an industrialist, who managed works at Imperial Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London. His company was responsible for developing and marketing Penny Patent Soap Powder and Glycerine Spa Power (to wash clothes) and Eggs and Butter Powder (for cooking). Twelvetrees' name appears in a sea shanty, "On Board Of The Kangaroo", composed by Harry Clifton.
Twelvetrees wrote a book on the life of a slave – The Story of the Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave – published by William Tweedie of London in 1863. The book was reprinted by Dodo Press in 2009. ISBN 1-4099-8076-6
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