The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... merchants had branches or agencies in the colonies . The planters secured advances from the merchants against the produce before it was shipped . If the crop was a poor one , or prices fell in the home markets , the planter found ...
... merchants had branches or agencies in the colonies . The planters secured advances from the merchants against the produce before it was shipped . If the crop was a poor one , or prices fell in the home markets , the planter found ...
Page 486
... merchant's main concern was that as much produce as possible should be extracted from the soil and exported , irrespective of its cost of production or its profitableness to the planter . Edwards describes a class of merchants who lent ...
... merchant's main concern was that as much produce as possible should be extracted from the soil and exported , irrespective of its cost of production or its profitableness to the planter . Edwards describes a class of merchants who lent ...
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... merchants were taking over trade , down to the slump after the Great War was the great period of the English merchant houses , and among them few were wealthier or more important than the East Indian . While the adoption of joint ...
... merchants were taking over trade , down to the slump after the Great War was the great period of the English merchant houses , and among them few were wealthier or more important than the East Indian . While the adoption of joint ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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