Merchant Prince of Boston : : Colonel T. H. Perkins, 1764-1854 / / Stanley Paterson, Carl Seaburg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Seaburg, Carl,; Paterson, Stanley,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Studies in Business History ; 26
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (478 p.) :; 1 Frontispiz
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Editor’s Foreword --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Young Tom I 1764–1785 --; I. Death on the Doorstep --; 2. There Is Two Iron Guns in My Store --; 3. The Drums Beat and Away --; T. Handasyd Perkins II 1786–1799 --; 4. Puritan in Paradise --; 5. Into the Bosome of the Ocean --; 6. Hence I Hauled My Wind to the North --; 7. On the Edge of Vesuvius --; 8. A Connection Between Brothers --; 9. The Gentlemen Drink Brandy Punch --; 10. The Game Playing in Europe --; 11. Firmly in Federal Paths --; Colonel T. H. Perkins III 1799–1820 --; 12. See How We Grovel Here Below --; 13. A Solemn Protest Against the Ice, Winds, Tides, and Rocks --; 14. The Principal Agent of An Important Establishment --; 15. Party Provoked To All Its Rage --; 16. Strong Nerves and Long Purses --; 17. No Boat, Raft, or Float Can Pass Our Castle --; 18. Short Blast on the Otter --; 19. Far Different from Our Calculations --; 20. With No One To Tell My Cares To --; 21. Sticking by the Stall --; 22. A Great Shaking --; 23. A Cavalcade of Boston Gentlemen --; 24. A Plain Unvarnished Tale --; 25. The Late Event in My Family --; 26. The Consequences of Leaving Off His Flannels --; 27. Too Much for Mortal Man To Bear --; 28. Great Means, Ardent Public Spirit, and Pertinacious Enterprise --; 29. In the Teeth of Mr. P. --; The Old Colonel IV 1828–1854 --; 30. Retiring from the Bustle? --; 31. This Class of the Human Family --; 32. I Try To Be Contented with What I Have --; 33. A Flicker in the Dying Flame --; 34. Unveil Thy Bosom, Faithful Tomb --; 35. The Gentleman on the Wall --; Genealogy of the Perkins Family A List of the Perkins Firms --; Genealogy of the Perkins Family --; The Perkins Firms --; Sources and Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674865808; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674865808
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stanley Paterson, Carl Seaburg.