Merchant venturers of old Salem
Subtitle: a history of the commercial voyages of a New England family to the Indies and elsewhere in the XVIII century
By: by Robert E. Peabody...
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin company
Published: 1912
Place of publication: Boston and New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Derby family (Roger Derby, 1671); Salem (Mass.) -- Commerce
Description: "This book describes how commerce was carried on by American merchants in the early years of our history and illustrates how contemporary political events in America and Europe affected American trade. By tracing the career of a typical family of New England mercahnts a picture is obtained of that romantic period ..."--Preface.

The typical family of New England merchants is that of Roger Derby (fl. 1671).