CHAPTER X. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : COMMERCE WITH EUROPE AND CANTON

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi
4. LIST OF DOCUMENTS xiii
5. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION xxi
6. AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxvii
7. CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE TO ARRIVAL IN AMERICA 1763–1784 3
8. CHAPTER II. EARLY YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY TO ESTABLISHMENT AS A RISING YOUNG MERCHANT, 1784–1790 18
9. CHAPTER III. THE FUR TRADE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY, 1790–1808 48
10. NOTES 68
11. CHAPTER IV. LAND INVESTMENTS IN LOWER CANADA AND THE NEW YORK BACKCOUNTRY 75
12. CHAPTER V. GENERAL MERCHANDISING TILL THE CHINA TRADE ASSUMED IMPORTANCE, 1790–1803 110
13. NOTES 126
14. CHAPTER VI. THE TRADE WITH THE ORIENT UP TO THE WAR 1800-1812 129
15. NOTES 157
16. CHAPTER VII. THE PACIFIC FUR COMPANY AND ASTORIA: FROM THE INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY T O THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, 1808–1812 164
17. NOTES 208
18. CHAPTER VIII. THE PACIFIC FUR COMPANY AND ASTORIA: FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR TO THE FINAL RELINQUISHMENT OF ASTORIA TO THE NORTH WEST COMPANY, 1812-1818 214
19. NOTES 244
20. CHAPTER IX. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : THE FUR TRADE 249
21. NOTES 284
22. CHAPTER X. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : COMMERCE WITH EUROPE AND CANTON 291
23. NOTES 323
24. CHAPTER XI. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : GOVERNMENT LOANS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE 330
25. NOTES 345
26. DOCUMENTS 1788–1815
27. DOCUMENTS. Part 1 351
28. DOCUMENTS. Part 2 448
29. DOCUMENTS. Part 3 548