Publications of the Surtees Society Ser.: Commercial Papers of Sir Christopher Lowther, 1611-1644 by D. R. Hainsworth (1974, Hardcover)

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Commercial Papers of Sir Christopher Lowther, 1, Hardcover by Hainsworth, D. R. (EDT), ISBN 0854440380, ISBN-13 9780854440382, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Papers cover 1 and 1 and consist of letters, nots and miscellaneous documents. Significant for information on Lowther family, early history of Whitehaven and its coal industry, Irish economic history, English internal and overseas trade in 1630s, early industrial developments and the role of the gentry in commerce and manufacturing, especially the part played by younger sons of gentry families. Christopher Lowther's commercial papers throw light on the development of Whitehaven - salt making, coal mining - and other family commercial speculations in : Economic history, 17c