1st Edition

A London Merchant 1695-1774

By Lucy Stuart Sutherland Copyright 1962
    172 Pages
    by Routledge

    172 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1962. This volume is a collection of the papers from the Mercantile College that preserved as examples of the 'accounts of many distinguished and eminent merchants deceased ... who trod the Royal Exchange with supreme credit and dignity'. They bring together the commercial pride which was reached in the eighteenth century, before the challenge of industry and an economic interpretation based on its predominance brought its sobering influence to bear on 'the great mercantile classes of England'.

    I. WILLIAM BRAUND, MERCHANT, 1695-1774, II. THE PORTUGUESE VENTURES OF WILLIAM BRAUND, III. MARINE INSURANCE IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, IV. WILLIAM BRAUND AND THE EAST INDIA SHIPPING INTEREST, CONCLUSION, APPENDIX I. THE ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUDULENT SALES TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY INVOLVING BRICE FISHER, CERTAIN WILTSHIRE CLOTHIERS, AND, INCIDENTALLY, WILLIAM BRAUND, 1754-5, APPENDIX II. WILLIAM BRAUND'S INVESTMENTS, APPENDIX III. PETITIONS OF THE MERCHANTS TRADING TO PORTUGAL, 1756, APPENDIX IV. INSURANCE BROKERS AND MERCHANTS FOR WHOM WILLIAM BRAUND UNDERWROTE, APPENDIX V. A LIST OF THE SHIPS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF SAMUEL BRAUND, WITH THEIR OWNERS AND THE OCCUPATION OF THE OWNERS, INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

    Biography

    Lucy Stuart Sutherland