Nathan Trotter : : Philadelphia Merchant, 1787–1853 / / Elva Tooker.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1955
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:Harvard Studies in Business History ; 18
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Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.) :; 7 charts, 7 maps, 14 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Charts and Maps
  • Editor’s Introduction
  • Author’s Preface
  • PART I. Trotter and His Antecedents
  • CHAPTER I, Nathan Trotter: THE MAN AND HIS CAREER
  • CHAPTER II. Family Antecedents
  • CHAPTER III. Business Antecedents
  • PART II. Trotter as a Metal Merchant
  • CHAPTER IV. An Introduction to the Business
  • CHAPTER V. Merchandise Procurement
  • CHAPTER VI. Sales, Trends, Customers, and Market Areas
  • CHAPTER VII. Selling Methods
  • CHAPTER VIII. Credit and Collections
  • PART III. Trotter as a Monied Man
  • CHAPTER IX. A Merchant Turns to Investment
  • CHAPTER Χ. Commercial- 'Paper Discounting
  • PART IV. Epilogue
  • CHAPTER XI. Changes from 1853 to 1953
  • Appendixes
  • APPENDIX 1
  • APPENDIX 2
  • APPENDIX 3
  • APPENDIX 4
  • APPENDIX 5
  • Notes and References
  • Index