Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 82
nt,who may justly be termed thefather of the American commerce toIndia; one whose enterprise andcommercial sagacity were unequalledin his day, and, perhaps, have not been surpassed byany of his successors. To him our country is indebtedfor opening the valuable trade to Calcutta; beforewhose… … 60 A Book of Sea Stories at the Cape of Good Hope and at the Isle of France,belonged to him. His were the first American shipswhich carried cargoes of cotton from Bombay to China;and among the first ships which made a direct voy-age to China and back, was one owned by him. Hecontinued to prosecute…
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