John Wesley Hunt : Pioneer Merchant, Manufacturer and Financier /

Show other versions (1)

When John Wesley Hunt came to Kentucky in 1794, his plan was to open a general store in Lexington. A canny judge of business opportunity, he soon expanded his activities and became one of the responsible figures of Kentucky banking and finance. In another kind of venture, he imported fine stallions...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ramage, James A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hunt, John Wesley, > 1772-1849.
Merchants.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Capitalists and financiers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Commerçants > Kentucky > Biographies.
Merchants > Kentucky > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Kentucky.
Capitalists and financiers > Kentucky > Biography.
Kentucky.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:When John Wesley Hunt came to Kentucky in 1794, his plan was to open a general store in Lexington. A canny judge of business opportunity, he soon expanded his activities and became one of the responsible figures of Kentucky banking and finance. In another kind of venture, he imported fine stallions from the East, significantly improving the bloodlines of thoroughbreds and trotters in the Bluegrass. John Wesley Hunt tells the story of Hunt's business exploits against the background of life in frontier Lexington. James A. Ramage reveals how his innovative solutions to the financial problems of.
Physical Description:1 online resource (122 pages): illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9780813150321

Similar Items