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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
ILLUSTRATIONS x
FOREWORD xi
PREFACE xiii
CHAPTER I Isaac Hicks’s Advantages in 1789 1
CHAPTER II From Grocer to Dry Goods “Specialist” -1789-1794 24
CHAPTER III “We Are in the Shipping and Commission Line” 53
CHAPTER IV Oil Candles, and Ships —1796-1880 74
CHAPTER V Isaac Hicks Serves the South 91
CHAPTER VI Isaac Hicks Invests on His Own Account 108
CHAPTER VII A Life Free from Commercial Cares 132
CHAPTER VIII Capitalist and Quaker Reconsidered 154
BIBLIOGRAPHY 171
NOTES 181
Index 209

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents ix
ILLUSTRATIONS x
FOREWORD xi
PREFACE xiii
CHAPTER I Isaac Hicks’s Advantages in 1789 1
CHAPTER II From Grocer to Dry Goods “Specialist” -1789-1794 24
CHAPTER III “We Are in the Shipping and Commission Line” 53
CHAPTER IV Oil Candles, and Ships —1796-1880 74
CHAPTER V Isaac Hicks Serves the South 91
CHAPTER VI Isaac Hicks Invests on His Own Account 108
CHAPTER VII A Life Free from Commercial Cares 132
CHAPTER VIII Capitalist and Quaker Reconsidered 154
BIBLIOGRAPHY 171
NOTES 181
Index 209

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