Volume I John Jacob Astor: Business Man, Volume I

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Volume I John Jacob Astor: Business Man, Volume I

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John Jacob Astor

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1931

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Volume 1 | Harvard Studies in Business History

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Business and Economics Political Economics Political Economics, other

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
LIST OF DOCUMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxi
AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxvii
CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE TO ARRIVAL IN AMERICA 1763–1784 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER II. EARLY YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY TO ESTABLISHMENT AS A RISING YOUNG MERCHANT, 1784–1790 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
CHAPTER III. THE FUR TRADE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY, 1790–1808 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
CHAPTER IV. LAND INVESTMENTS IN LOWER CANADA AND THE NEW YORK BACKCOUNTRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
CHAPTER V. GENERAL MERCHANDISING TILL THE CHINA TRADE ASSUMED IMPORTANCE, 1790–1803 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
CHAPTER VI. THE TRADE WITH THE ORIENT UP TO THE WAR 1800-1812 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
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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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
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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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
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CHAPTER IX. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : THE FUR TRADE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
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CHAPTER X. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : COMMERCE WITH EUROPE AND CANTON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
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CHAPTER XI. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : GOVERNMENT LOANS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	330
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
DOCUMENTS 1788–1815
DOCUMENTS. Part 1 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
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DOCUMENTS. Part 3 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	548

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674600126

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1931

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674599840

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Reprint 2014

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Front matter:

27

Main content:

585

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11

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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674600126

eBook ISBN: 9780674600126

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674599840

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Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.

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