Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- CAPITAL AND CREDIT IN BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Problem of Debt Viewed from the Chesapeake -- 3. Capitalization of Merchant Firms -- 4. Borrowing on Bond -- 5. Borrowing from Banks -- 6. Commercial Credit -- 7. The...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Perry of London -- Note on Names -- Introduction -- PART I: The Rise of the House of Perry, 1615- 1721 -- 1 / The Early Perrys and Their Wanderings -- 2 / The Emergence of Perry & Lane -- 3 / The Business of the Perry Firm -- 4 / The Public Role of Micaiah Perry I...