<p>Thomas Handasyd Perkins was one of he most successful and eminent of the China Trade merchants. Wherever profit beckoned, Perkins and his brother followed -- to slaves and sugar, opium and fur, granite quarries and railroads, hotels and iron making. He was notable for his art collecting, his horticultural interests and the elegance of his homes. This engaging biography tells the story of Perkins' life as a leading citizen of Boston and as a merchant philanthropist who contributed to the growth of the city's cultural and civil institutions. The story of Colonel Perkins covers nearly 100 years of the city's history.</p>

Merchant Prince of Boston: Colonel T. H. Perkins, 1764-1854 (Harvard Studies in Business History, 26)

Biographies & Memoirs

Seaburg, Carl

Paterson, Stanley

Professionals & Academics

Harvard University Press

<p>In this tale of passionate personalities and remarkable perisistence, the late scholars Seaburg and Paterson trace the career of Frederic Tudor of Boston, who first experimented with, and finally perfected, the shipment of ice from New England to southern climes. Encompassing the world of American maritime expansion and enterprise from the American Revolution to the Civil War, "The Ice King" follows Tudor and other strong willed members of his family through economic and personal successes and many failures on the way to "ineveitable and unaviodable" success.</p>

Ice King: Frederic Tudor and His Circle

Historical

Mystic Seaport Museum

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