Haggerty, Sheryllynne - In: Business History 48 (2006) 2, pp. 171-192
In 1785 the first Philadelphia trade directory was published; a reflection of the pride and confidence of the city …) merchants. By comparing the Philadelphia trading community with its British counterpart, Liverpool, it is argued that in 1785 … Philadelphia still had the economy of a colonial port. Importantly, because of this, its distribution process operated very …