Merchant Prince of Boston: Colonel T. H. Perkins, 1764-1854

Carl Seaburg; Stanley Paterson

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Merchant Prince of Boston

Colonel T. H. Perkins, 1764-1854

Carl Seaburg and Stanley Paterson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1971

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Volume 26 | Harvard Studies in Business History

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Business and Economics Political Economics Political Economics, other

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

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674865808

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1971

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674865792

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Reprint 2014

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

11

Main content:

478

Illustrations:

8

Other:

1 Frontispiz

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674865808

eBook ISBN: 9780674865808

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674865792

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Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 1764-1854.

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