Famous London merchants. A book for boys

H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox) Bourne

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THELIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOSANGELES ^' \^ FAMOUS MERCHANTS.LONDON (;i:ORGE PEADODY. FAMOUS. LONDON MERCHANTS. §croIi fot §01)3.% 15Y H. R. FOX BOURNE, AUTHOR OF "ENGLISH MERCHANTS," "ENGLISH SEAMEN UNDER THE TUDORS,' " A MEMOIR OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY," ETC. ;r/r// TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: flARDEN.JAMES HOGG & SOX, YORK ST., COVENT 1869. [//// rights rcscrvid.'\ ^sos Ballaniytie Company, Printers, Edinburgh.^ ^^^^ PREFACE. [HIS little volume follows the method "pursued in my English Merchants ; in Illustration of the Pro-Memoirs which was pub-gress of British Commerce," furnishlished two years ago. It is designed to younger readers with some account of the growth and influence of trade, and the work Some of the livesand character of its heroes. or detailedhere sketched have been alluded to groundin the larger work. Where the same has been travelled over, free use has been made of what has already been written, but with and substance assuch alterations of style different pur-.seemed to be called for by the pose now in view. The whole series of biogra- phies, however, has been drawn from London far as seemed consistent withhistory ; and, as proper tlic theme, the work isthe handling of commerce.limited to the splicre of London Having thus borrowed from my own book, have also availed myself of the researchesI r'w> jLi*!^^ / :i vi Preface. of other writers.

Sujets

• Merchant
• Great Britain
• London (England)

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

Extrait

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THELIBRARY
OF
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
LOSANGELES^' <^1
12
k-4(K/>
\^FAMOUS
MERCHANTS.LONDON(;i:ORGE PEADODY.FAMOUS.
LONDON MERCHANTS.
§croIi fot §01)3.%
15Y
H. R. FOX BOURNE,
AUTHOR OF "ENGLISH MERCHANTS," "ENGLISH SEAMEN UNDER THE TUDORS,'
" A MEMOIR OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY," ETC.
;r/r// TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON:
flARDEN.JAMES HOGG & SOX, YORK ST., COVENT
1869.
[//// rights rcscrvid.'\^sos
Ballaniytie Company, Printers, Edinburgh.^