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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- CAPITAL AND CREDIT IN BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Problem of Debt Viewed from the Chesapeake -- 3. Capitalization of Merchant Firms -- 4. Borrowing on Bond -- 5. Borrowing from Banks -- 6. Commercial Credit -- 7. The Significance of Credit and the Financial Crisis of 1772 -- 8. The Implications for British Industrial and Commercial Development -- Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index -- Appendix A. Markups and Profit Margins in the Chesapeake Trade -- Appendix B. Capitalization of Glasgow Chesapeake Firms between 1740 and 1789 (in Sterling) -- Appendix C. Document on Credit and the Cargo Trade -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index