Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
5. INTRODUCTION xiii
6. CHAPTER 1. The Browns of Providence Plantations 1
7. CHAPTER 2. “Molasses an Engine in the Hands of the Merchant” 22
8. CHAPTER 3. “Prohibited Trade with the Vassalls of the French King” 47
9. CHAPTER 4. “That Unrighteous Traffic” 70
10. CHAPTER 5. “Spermaceti Candles Warranted Pure” 86
11. CHAPTER 6. “A Furnace for Making Pigg Iron” 123
12. CHAPTER 7. '“Settled Correspondents in the Neighboring Governments” 155
13. CHAPTER 8. “Dry Goods from London and Bristol” 175
14. CHAPTER 9. “Gentlemen of Publick Responsibility” 189
15. CHAPTER 10. “American Grievances” 200
16. CHAPTER 11. “Warlike Stores for the Continental Congress” 215
17. CHAPTER 12. “Bills on France” 240
18. CHAPTER 13. “Grait Zeal and Indefatigable Industor” 260
19. CHAPTER 14. Back to London 287
20. CHAPTER 15. The End of an Era 306
21. CONCLUSION 329
22. NOTES 333
23. INDEX 367