The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775–1817.
After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to the harbor....
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| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2010. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Notable Lowell Descendants
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The New Industrial System
- 1
- Occasionem Cognosce (Know the Opportunity): Motto of the Lowell Family
- 2
- A Privileged Education
- 3
- The Young Merchant: 1793-1802
- 4
- The Brothers Lowell
- 5
- Francis and His Sisters
- 6
- The Merchant King: 1803-1808
- 7
- Mr. Jefferson's Embargo
- 8
- A Proper Bostonian on a Grand Tour
- 9
- American Textile Industry Before 1814
- 10
- Return to Boston
- 11
- The Boston Manufacturing Company
- 12
- The Tariff of 1816
- 13
- Legacy
- Original Sources
- Notes
- Bibliography.