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The Williams Brothers, Merchants and Shippers, 1825–1850

Anita Shafer

Business History Review, 1952, vol. 26, issue 2, 73-94

Abstract: When the Williams brothers migrated from Connecticut to New York State in 1825 they established themselves as country merchants, yet their activities bore a distinct resemblance to those of the seaboard merchants of the late eighteenth century. Although divorced from international trade, the Williamses exhibited the same dependence on country produce, the same need to exchange produce for specie and specie for manufactured goods as did the House of Hancock.

Date: 1952
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