Benjamin Bowring and his descendants : a record of mercantile achievement
A history of the Bowring family, a very successful family of merchants. While the book contains details of the family's ancestors who were traced back to 1303, it instead focuses on Benjamin Bowring, who arrived in Newfoundland in 1811 to open a clock and watch maker business, and his descendan...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:cns2/12418 2023-12-31T10:13:01+01:00 Benjamin Bowring and his descendants : a record of mercantile achievement Wardle, Arthur C. 1938 229 p., [14] leaves of plates (1 fold.) : ill. (some col.), coat of arms, facsim., ports image/jpeg; application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/12418 eng eng Hodder and Stoughton London, England (48.81 MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/BenjaminBrowningandhisDescendantsARecordofMercantileAchievement.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books 2 2 CS 439 B788 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/12418 Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies Bowring Benjamin 1778-1846 Shipping--Great Britain Ships Newfoundland and Labrador--History Text Book 1938 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z A history of the Bowring family, a very successful family of merchants. While the book contains details of the family's ancestors who were traced back to 1303, it instead focuses on Benjamin Bowring, who arrived in Newfoundland in 1811 to open a clock and watch maker business, and his descendants. The Bowrings would later become one of the most important and successful mercantile families in Newfoundland history. Includes index. -- Genealogical Table not scanned. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191) Book Newfoundland Newfoundland studies Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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A history of the Bowring family, a very successful family of merchants. While the book contains details of the family's ancestors who were traced back to 1303, it instead focuses on Benjamin Bowring, who arrived in Newfoundland in 1811 to open a clock and watch maker business, and his descendants. The Bowrings would later become one of the most important and successful mercantile families in Newfoundland history. Includes index. -- Genealogical Table not scanned. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191) |
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Benjamin Bowring and his descendants : a record of mercantile achievement |
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Benjamin Bowring and his descendants : a record of mercantile achievement |
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Benjamin Bowring and his descendants : a record of mercantile achievement |
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Hodder and Stoughton |
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Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
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(48.81 MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/BenjaminBrowningandhisDescendantsARecordofMercantileAchievement.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books 2 2 CS 439 B788 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/12418 |
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