Capital and Credit in British Overseas Trade

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

The View from the Chesapeake, 1700–1776

Jacob M. Price

Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	vii
Contents Accessible Download PDF	ix
CAPITAL AND CREDIT IN BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
2. The Problem of Debt Viewed from the Chesapeake Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	5
3. Capitalization of Merchant Firms Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	20
4. Borrowing on Bond Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	44
5. Borrowing from Banks Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	63
6. Commercial Credit Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	96
7. The Significance of Credit and the Financial Crisis of 1772 Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	124
8. The Implications for British Industrial and Commercial Development Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	140
Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index
Appendix A. Markups and Profit Margins in the Chesapeake Trade Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	149
Appendix B. Capitalization of Glasgow Chesapeake Firms between 1740 and 1789 (in Sterling) Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	152
Appendix C. Document on Credit and the Cargo Trade Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	156
Notes Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	163
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	221

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 233
Illustrations
- Tables: 11
- Other: 11 tables
Keywords: Capital -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- History.; Credit -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- History.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Commerce -- History.; HISTORY / General; HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)

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