1795-1895. One hundred years of American commerce ... a history of American commerce by one hundred Americans, with a chronological table of the important events of American commerce and invention within the past one hundred yeras
ed. by Chauncey M. Depew ... Issued in commemoration of the completion of the first century of American commercial progress as inaugurated by the treaty ... negotiated by Chief Justice Jay and approved by President Washington in 1795.
Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.
The 50 great pioneers of American industry; the stories of Rockefeller, Swift, Edison, Woolworth, Squibb, Proctor, Sears, Otis, Singer, Carrier, and 40 other business leaders and courageous innovators whose activities founded major industries and shaped today's economy
American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Date of Publication
[1967]
Physical Description
384 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
Contents
Chapters: The Puritan century (1607-1685) - The William and Mary Style (685-1720) - The Queen Anne Style (1720-1750) - The Chippendale Period (1750-1785) - Functioning forms in the home - The Pennsylvania Germans - Glossary of terms - Style charts.
Summary
"Traces the steady convergence of comfort and culture through the various colonial periods with a fine emphasis put on the rewards resulting from the intermingling of stylistic influences that came to America through trade and busy immigration." [from the publisher]
A census of pensioners for revolutionary or military services : with their names, ages, and places of residence ... under the act for taking the sixth census. Bound with a general index
Postage stamps of the United States : an illustrated description of all United States postage and special service stamps issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847 to December 31, 1961
The continuing effect of the American Revolution : an address, on the occasion of the celebration of the Prelude to Independence, June 10, 1961 at the eighteenth-century capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia. Opening remarks by Winthrop Rockefeller
Publications of the Foundation for Research in Legal History, Columbia University School of Law
Notes
Bibliography: p. [314]-318.
Contents
Chapters: The Problem // Precedent Forms Of Association // Colonial Business Organization // Pre-Revolutionary Land Companies // Post Revolutionary Land Companies // Corporations vs Associations : The Business Community's Attitudes // Corporations vs Associations : Legislative Vagaries // Corporations vs Associations : Judicial Inertia
Lynn Iron Works -- Free Society of traders -- Frankfort Company -- Connecticut Copper Mines -- Principio Company -- Equivalent Land Company -- Land and Silver Banks in Massachusetts -- Status of the Corporation -- French and Continental Law -- 1748 Ohio Company -- Susquehannah Company -- Transylvania Project -- Companyof Military Adventurers Mississippi Company -- Illinois-Wabash Companies -- Ilinois Company -- Indiana Company -- Grand Ohio Company, or Vandalia -- Dismal Swamp Adventurers -- Lesser Land Project -- Ohio Company -- Yazoo Companies -- North American Land Company -- Asylum Company -- Eastern Land Associates -- Connecticut Land Company -- Fire Lands -- Gore Land Company -- Western New York Companies -- "Castorland".
Summary
"A treatise on the rise of the modern business corporation from early American land companies and the subsequent enactment of general incorporation laws in the United States." [from Amazon]
