¶ … Meeting House and Counting House: The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia, 1682-1763 by Frederick B. Tolles. (New York, W.W. Norton 1963, c1948), xiv, 292 p., [8] p. Of plates illus., ports, (BX7649.P5 T64 1963). This book covers quite a specific part of our history, the Quakers of Philadelphia, and their influence on colonial merchant economics. Philadelphia was a commerce capital in early America, and banks and lenders from all over the world centered their American activities in the city. Quakers helped found the city, and were major forces in the business and industry of Philadelphia. Tolles cleverly intertwines the religious constraints of the Friends, and how these constraints consistently affected their ability to do business, and their own view of their dealings in the business world. One merchant, William Edmundson, seemed to be more interested in the spiritual rather than material welfare of his peoples, compared their merchant techniques to those of the Jews, something he clearly found reprehensible. He said, "Such a Spirit came...
Thus, many of the Quakers did not agree with the commerce their merchant brethren were developing. It is interesting to think about the consequences that might of occurred in the New World if the Quakers had not developed commerce as they did, and if their stringent religious beliefs had held them back in monetary ways. Perhaps the commerce of the country might have developed quite differently, and so the success of the country in trade and commerce might have suffered.
Economy of Colonial America Brief chronology of the initial economic developments of the colonies Jamestown, Virginia colony was first to show signs of economic growth Massachusetts Bay colonists buy corn from Indians Literature generalizations and postulations on economy of colonies Puritanism may have helped shape the capitalistic society to evolve The strength of the British Navy altered colonial approach to economic growth Colonial farmers' efforts were more towards self-sufficiency than wealth Rate of Economic Growth in colonies Colonial economy
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