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9. Mercantile Capitalists

Richard Lowitt

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A Merchant Prince of the Nineteenth Century

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Preface VII
Contents XI
1. A Connecticut Yankee 1
2. The Organization Of A Business 16
3. Factors and Finance 41
4. Anglo-American Mercantile Operations 61
5. An International Crisis 82
6. The Creation of A Pennsylvania Lumber Barony 106
7. Manufacturing and Mining 138
8. Railroad Promoter 159
9. Mercantile Capitalists 180
10. The Good Life 191
11. Servant of the Union 204
12. Representative of the Mercantile Community 224
13. Battles and Business 244
14. Postwar Business Expansion 261
15. Champion of the Red Man 291
16. Leader of the Mercantile Community 304
17. A Public-Minded Citizen 315
18. The Good Life Concluded 334
Bibliography 357
Index 365

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Preface VII
Contents XI
1. A Connecticut Yankee 1
2. The Organization Of A Business 16
3. Factors and Finance 41
4. Anglo-American Mercantile Operations 61
5. An International Crisis 82
6. The Creation of A Pennsylvania Lumber Barony 106
7. Manufacturing and Mining 138
8. Railroad Promoter 159
9. Mercantile Capitalists 180
10. The Good Life 191
11. Servant of the Union 204
12. Representative of the Mercantile Community 224
13. Battles and Business 244
14. Postwar Business Expansion 261
15. Champion of the Red Man 291
16. Leader of the Mercantile Community 304
17. A Public-Minded Citizen 315
18. The Good Life Concluded 334
Bibliography 357
Index 365

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