page_title: Charles Apthorp
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Apthorp
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Charles Apthorp
context_page_description: Charles Apthorp was an English-born merchant and slave trader in 18th-century Boston, in the colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay. He ran his import business from Merchants Row, and "in his day he was called the richest man in Boston." He acted for the British government, and supported King's Chapel.
context_section_description: Charles Apthorp (1698–1758) was an English-born merchant and slave trader in 18th-century Boston, in the colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay. He ran his import business from Merchants Row, and "in his day he was called the richest man in Boston." He acted for the British government, and supported King's Chapel.
caption: Portrait of Charles Apthorp, 1748 (by Robert Feke)
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