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The House of Hancock
Business in Boston, 1724-1775
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William T. Baxter
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English
Published/Copyright:
1945
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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TABLES AND CHARTS
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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LIST OF CHIEF LIBRARIES CONTAINING HANCOCK MATERIAL
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
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AUTHOR’S PREFACE
xxvii - PART I. THOMAS HANCOCK, 1724–1764
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CHAPTER I. Introduction to Thomas
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CHAPTER II. Trade Without Money
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CHAPTER III. From Bookseller to General Merchant, 1725–1735
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CHAPTER IV. The Beginning of Roundabout Overseas Trade, c.1728–1738
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CHAPTER V. Upsetting Forces, c. 1738
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CHAPTER VI. The War of Jenkins’ Ear 1739–1744
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CHAPTER VII. King George’s War, 1774–1748
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CHAPTER VIII. Peace and Depression, 1748–1754
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CHAPTER IX. The French and Indian War 1755–1763
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CHAPTER Χ. A New Foreign Trade Policy 1763–August, 1764
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CHAPTER XI. Everyday Business Life in Colonial Boston
184 - PART II. JOHN HANCOCK, 1764–1775
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CHAPTER XII. Change of Government 1764–1766
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CHAPTER XIII. John’s Policy of Expansion 1766–1768
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CHAPTER XIV. Non-Importation, 1768–1770
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CHAPTER XV. The Death of the Business 1771–1775
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CHAPTER XVI. Conclusions
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INDEX
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eBook published on:
October 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674282582
Hardcover published on:
February 5, 1945
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674730717
Edition:
Reprint 2013
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
27
Main content:
321
Illustrations:
11
Tables:
2
Other:
8 illustrations; 2 tables; 2 charts
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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Professional and scholarly;
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Harvard University Press
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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