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Etienne "Stephen" Dutilh of Dutilh & John Godfr...
Biographical notes on merchants Etienne Dutilh aka Stephen Dutilh,1748-1810 and John Gottfried Wachsmuth, 1748-1828.
Etienne "Stephen" Dutilh of Dutilh & John Godfr...
Biographical notes on merchants Etienne Dutilh aka Stephen Dutilh,1748-1810 and John Gottfried Wachsmuth, 1748-1828.
American Banking & Finance Roots: Sir Robert Cl...
Sir Robert Clayton (1629–1707) and John Morris (circa 1625–1682) were prominent English merchant bankers in the 17th century. Both apprenticed under Robert Abbott, a leading London scrivener, where they developed...
American Banking & Finance Roots: Sir Robert Cl...
Sir Robert Clayton (1629–1707) and John Morris (circa 1625–1682) were prominent English merchant bankers in the 17th century. Both apprenticed under Robert Abbott, a leading London scrivener, where they developed...
Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of ...
Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution explores how the extensive trade networks developed by American merchants were instrumental in shaping colonial resistance to British policies....
Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of ...
Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution explores how the extensive trade networks developed by American merchants were instrumental in shaping colonial resistance to British policies....
John Trumbull, Patriot & Painter of the America...
Video presentation: John Trumbull, Patriot and Painter of the American Revolution by Richard Brookhiser, "Glorious Lessons" and untangling three John Trumbulls in one family.
John Trumbull, Patriot & Painter of the America...
Video presentation: John Trumbull, Patriot and Painter of the American Revolution by Richard Brookhiser, "Glorious Lessons" and untangling three John Trumbulls in one family.
1788-1792 U.S. Postage Rates Change: From Penny...
Image: Colonial US Mail Carrier, at Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, Artist Lloyd Branson depicts a colonial mail carrier in this partial view from his painting “Transporting Mail AD 1800/AD 1900.”...
1788-1792 U.S. Postage Rates Change: From Penny...
Image: Colonial US Mail Carrier, at Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, Artist Lloyd Branson depicts a colonial mail carrier in this partial view from his painting “Transporting Mail AD 1800/AD 1900.”...
Amos Mower's Shoe Manufacturing Company 1830-18...
Correspondence 1833-1837, The 1830-1840 Shoe Making - Manufacturing Business of Amos Mower, Shoe Factory in Lynn, Massachusetts (Cordwainer, shoemaker)
Amos Mower's Shoe Manufacturing Company 1830-18...
Correspondence 1833-1837, The 1830-1840 Shoe Making - Manufacturing Business of Amos Mower, Shoe Factory in Lynn, Massachusetts (Cordwainer, shoemaker)
James Iredell, Supreme Court Justice 1790-1799,...
On February 8, 1790, President George Washington nominated Iredell as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Senate confirmed his nomination on May 12. He was the...
James Iredell, Supreme Court Justice 1790-1799,...
On February 8, 1790, President George Washington nominated Iredell as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Senate confirmed his nomination on May 12. He was the...
Robert Gilmor I, Financier, American Revolution...
Robert Gilmor 1748-1822, Revolutionary War financier, Merchant; founder of house of R. Gilmor & Son, East India importers; President Chamber of Commerce; first President Baltimore St. Andrews Society
Robert Gilmor I, Financier, American Revolution...
Robert Gilmor 1748-1822, Revolutionary War financier, Merchant; founder of house of R. Gilmor & Son, East India importers; President Chamber of Commerce; first President Baltimore St. Andrews Society
Samuel Johnston, Continental Congress, North Ca...
He represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress in 1780 and 1781, and though elected as the first president of the Confederation Congress, he declined to serve. Johnston served as...
Samuel Johnston, Continental Congress, North Ca...
He represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress in 1780 and 1781, and though elected as the first president of the Confederation Congress, he declined to serve. Johnston served as...
Nicholas Low, Revolutionary War Merchant, Legis...
Nicholas Low was a New York merchant, banker, and Federalist leader who helped establish America’s first banks, including the Bank of North America (1781), Bank of New York (1784), and...
Nicholas Low, Revolutionary War Merchant, Legis...
Nicholas Low was a New York merchant, banker, and Federalist leader who helped establish America’s first banks, including the Bank of North America (1781), Bank of New York (1784), and...
Thomas Russell, Revolution Merchant & Banker, C...
Thomas Russell was a prominent Boston merchant during the American Revolution and was active in the establishment and leadership of both the Bank of North America (1781) and the First...
Thomas Russell, Revolution Merchant & Banker, C...
Thomas Russell was a prominent Boston merchant during the American Revolution and was active in the establishment and leadership of both the Bank of North America (1781) and the First...
American Colonization Society & Samuel Wilkeson
The ACS was founded on December 21, 1816 in a meeting that brought together many conflicting perspectives and motives... The objective of the ACS was to finance the emigration of free American blacks...
American Colonization Society & Samuel Wilkeson
The ACS was founded on December 21, 1816 in a meeting that brought together many conflicting perspectives and motives... The objective of the ACS was to finance the emigration of free American blacks...