John Nelson, merchant adventurer : a life between empires / Richard R. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Richard R., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nelson, John, -1734.

Nelson, John.

Boston (Mass.)--Biography.

Boston (Mass.).

Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The biography of a mid-17th century entrepreneur who acted as a middleman in several transactions between French Canada and New England, and who later led an uprising that forced the Royal Governor of Massachusetts out of office in 1689.

Contents:

Contents; I. Acadian Beginnings; II. Trader to the Eastward; III. Seeking ""to Live Indifferent""; IV. Revolution and Rejection; V. From Quebec to the Bastille; VI. At King William's Whitehall; VII. ""Your Very Loving Father""; VIII. ""Crusht Between the Two Crownes""; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771408-0

1-280-52510-X

1-4237-3698-2

0-19-536231-4

1-60129-778-5

OCLC:

191931479