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Inklings: John Wilkins Carter and The Carter's Ink Company is the story of an old New England family and the companies they created and operated - beginning with Timothy Carter's Old Corner Bookstore in downtown Boston and spanning a 150-year period. The focus of the book is The Carter's Ink Company, which originated in Boston after the Civil War and prospered until 1976. The story also encompasses James Carter's paper business in Boston and Nashua, N.H. An in-depth look into the Carter's family is woven throughout and shows how their devout faith served as the backbone for their commitments to business, their communities, and to their fellow mankind.

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Michael French Metcalf is a member of the Carter family of New England. Educated at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, and the University of Pennsylvania, he also served in the US Navy. He received masters and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Stanford University. Following a lengthy career in the petroleum industry, he entered public service for the Town of Moraga, California, his home for many years. Since 1999, he has been an officer of the Carter Family Corporation in Boston, the successor company to The Carter's Ink Company.

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