The Perkins Firms

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Editor’s Foreword vii
3. Contents ix
4. Illustrations xi
5. Young Tom I 1764–1785
6. I. Death on the Doorstep 3
7. 2. There Is Two Iron Guns in My Store 15
8. 3. The Drums Beat and Away 26
9. T. Handasyd Perkins II 1786–1799
10. 4. Puritan in Paradise 37
11. 5. Into the Bosome of the Ocean 49
12. 6. Hence I Hauled My Wind to the North 61
13. 7. On the Edge of Vesuvius 72
14. 8. A Connection Between Brothers 83
15. 9. The Gentlemen Drink Brandy Punch 94
16. 10. The Game Playing in Europe 105
17. 11. Firmly in Federal Paths 118
18. Colonel T. H. Perkins III 1799–1820
19. 12. See How We Grovel Here Below 131
20. 13. A Solemn Protest Against the Ice, Winds, Tides, and Rocks 144
21. 14. The Principal Agent of An Important Establishment 155
22. 15. Party Provoked To All Its Rage 167
23. 16. Strong Nerves and Long Purses 177
24. 17. No Boat, Raft, or Float Can Pass Our Castle 188
25. 18. Short Blast on the Otter 199
26. 19. Far Different from Our Calculations 211
27. 20. With No One To Tell My Cares To 220
28. 21. Sticking by the Stall 233
29. 22. A Great Shaking 248
30. 23. A Cavalcade of Boston Gentlemen 263
31. 24. A Plain Unvarnished Tale 278
32. 25. The Late Event in My Family 290
33. 26. The Consequences of Leaving Off His Flannels 303
34. 27. Too Much for Mortal Man To Bear 318
35. 28. Great Means, Ardent Public Spirit, and Pertinacious Enterprise 329
36. 29. In the Teeth of Mr. P. 345
37. The Old Colonel IV 1828–1854
38. 30. Retiring from the Bustle? 359
39. 31. This Class of the Human Family 375
40. 32. I Try To Be Contented with What I Have 387
41. 33. A Flicker in the Dying Flame 405
42. 34. Unveil Thy Bosom, Faithful Tomb 414
43. 35. The Gentleman on the Wall 420
44. Genealogy of the Perkins Family A List of the Perkins Firms
45. Genealogy of the Perkins Family 431
46. The Perkins Firms 434
47. Sources and Acknowledgments 435
48. Notes 443
49. Index 463
50. Backmatter 491