The House of Hancock: Business in Boston, 1724-1775

William T. Baxter

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The House of Hancock

Business in Boston, 1724-1775

William T. Baxter

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1945

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Volume 10 | Harvard Studies in Business History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
TABLES AND CHARTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
LIST OF CHIEF LIBRARIES CONTAINING HANCOCK MATERIAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxi
AUTHOR’S PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxvii
PART I. THOMAS HANCOCK, 1724–1764
CHAPTER I. Introduction to Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER II. Trade Without Money Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER III. From Bookseller to General Merchant, 1725–1735 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
CHAPTER IV. The Beginning of Roundabout Overseas Trade, c.1728–1738 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
CHAPTER V. Upsetting Forces, c. 1738 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
CHAPTER VI. The War of Jenkins’ Ear 1739–1744 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
CHAPTER VII. King George’s War, 1774–1748 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
CHAPTER VIII. Peace and Depression, 1748–1754 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
CHAPTER IX. The French and Indian War 1755–1763 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
CHAPTER Χ. A New Foreign Trade Policy 1763–August, 1764 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
CHAPTER XI. Everyday Business Life in Colonial Boston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
PART II. JOHN HANCOCK, 1764–1775
CHAPTER XII. Change of Government 1764–1766 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
CHAPTER XIII. John’s Policy of Expansion 1766–1768 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
CHAPTER XIV. Non-Importation, 1768–1770 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
CHAPTER XV. The Death of the Business 1771–1775 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
CHAPTER XVI. Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674282582

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1945

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674730717

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Reprint 2013

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Front matter:

27

Main content:

321

Illustrations:

11

Tables:

2

Other:

8 illustrations; 2 tables; 2 charts

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674282582

eBook ISBN: 9780674282582

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674730717

Keywords for this book

Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764.; Hancock, John, 1737-1793.; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.; Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce.

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