The Life And Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor
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This result of the great fur trade, sent the hunters in pursuit of new waters and forests, as yet unmolested by white men, where the fur-bearing animals still 140 A New Century throve and multiplied. Woods and streams were scoured, further and further west, until the fur trade reached the Mississippi and Missouri, and finally stretched from ocean to ocean.
Although John Jacob Astor's tea business was sec- ondary to his fur business, he combined the two as h circled the globe. He is said to have... made by his voy- ages, "four times as much as the regular tea mer- chants in their most prosperous days. At this time there was not so great a variety of fancy teas. Black tea wa called souchong, and green, hyson skin; but occasion- ally a ship would bring to New York a few packages of young hyson or hyson. ' ' It was the custom of the day to hold auction sales of tea upon the wharves. Advertisements and handbills were distributed among the probable purchasers, and punch often contributed to the clat and hilarity of the occasion.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This result of the great fur trade, sent the hunters in pursuit of new waters and forests, as yet unmolested by white men, where the fur-bearing animals still 140 A New Century throve and multiplied. Woods and streams were scoured, further and further west, until the fur trade reached the Mississippi and Missouri, and finally stretched from ocean to ocean.
Although John Jacob Astor's tea business was sec- ondary to his fur business, he combined the two as h circled the globe. He is said to have... made by his voy- ages, "four times as much as the regular tea mer- chants in their most prosperous days. At this time there was not so great a variety of fancy teas. Black tea wa called souchong, and green, hyson skin; but occasion- ally a ship would bring to New York a few packages of young hyson or hyson. ' ' It was the custom of the day to hold auction sales of tea upon the wharves. Advertisements and handbills were distributed among the probable purchasers, and punch often contributed to the clat and hilarity of the occasion.
What to read after The Life And Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard to read onlineMoreLess
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