William Cabot

Historical Collections of the Essex Institute

• Author(s): Essex Institute

• Categories: Essex County (Mass.)

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1863
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775–1817

• Author(s): Chaim M. Rosenberg

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2010-12-16
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• Publisher: Lexington Books

After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to Boston harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States. From 1810 to the start of the War of 1812, he traveled through Great Britain, where he saw the tremendous changes caused by the Industrial Revolution, starting with cotton textiles. On his return to the United States he focused on establishing a domestic textile industry to replace imp...

Catalogue of the Honorary and Immediate Members and of the Library of the Porcellian Club of Harvard University

• Author(s): Harvard University. Porcellian Club, Harvard University. Porcellian club

• Categories: Universities and colleges

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1857
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Mercantile navy list. 1848 [4 issues], 49 [2 issues], 50-53,57-61,64-71,80,81,92-1939

• Author(s): Trade Board of

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1861
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Great Heart

• Author(s): James West Davidson, John Rugge

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2006
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• Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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