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Perry of London a family and a firm on the seaborne frontier, 1615-1753 /
The Establishment of English colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century opened new opportunities for trade. Conspicuous among the families who used these opportunities to gain mercantile and social importance was the Perry family of Devon, who created Perry and Lane, by...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1992.
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| Colección: | Harvard historical studies ;
v. 111. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Names
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise of the House of Perry, 1615-1721
- 1 / The Early Perrys and Their Wanderings
- 2 / The Emergence of Perry & Lane
- 3 / The Business of the Perry Firm
- 4 / The Public Role of Micaiah Perry I
- Part II The Fall of the House of Perry, 1721-1753
- 5 / The Challenge of the Third Generation
- 6 / The Perils of Politics
- 7 / The Family after the Fall
- Conclusion: Choosing a Frame for the Picture
- Abbreviations
- Appendix A Draft service agreement (1684) between a London merchant (William Paggen) and his prospective Virginia factor (John Hardman)
- Appendix B Goods exported by Perry, Lane & Co. to Virginia and Maryland in year ending Lady Day 1697/8
- Appendix C The Hutchinson Connection
- Appendix D The Early Perys and Perrys: Some Problems
- Selected Bibliography
- Notes
- Index