

"No man of sense ought to be ashamed of being called a shopkeeper" - Napoleon ==This is a global project - everyone is invited to add their retailing ancestors to this project (profiles must be set to public). Project collaborators, feel free to update the project description, adding notes, documents, images, resources ... and inviting more collaborators.===See Notable Retailers ==Notes==From R...
The American Revolution, which was largely fostered in the early seaports and partly tied to the trade restrictions imposed on the American colonies by England, resulted in the expulsion of the new American states from the trading family of the British Empire. The United States was not a self-sufficient nation, so trade by sea became essential. Adventurous merchants sent out their ships to find...
Roberts-IOOF Cemetery Also known as Blackwell Cemetery, IOOF Blackwell Cemetery, Odd Fellows Cemetery LOCATION S Hwy 177 Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma, 74631 USA :Roberts-IOOF Cemetery Also known as Blackwell Cemetery, IOOF Blackwell Cemetery, Odd Fellows CemeteryLOCATION S Hwy 177 Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma, 74631 USA PHONE (580) 363-3826 MEMORIALS 11,991 added (92% photographed)CEMET...
The Worshipful Company of Skinners (known as The Skinners' Company) is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. It was originally an association of those engaged in the trade of skins and furs. From History of the Fur Trade ===Regulation of the use of furs===In medieval times furs were considered such a luxury that their use was strictly controlled by a series of ‘sumptuary’ laws enac...
Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, England= Chicheley Hall, in Chicheley, Buckinghamshire , is an English country house built in the first quarter of the 18th century in the Baroque style.===Earlier buildings===An ancient manor house on the site belonged to the Pagnell family of Newport Pagnell, but was given by them to the church. Cardinal Wolsey gave it to Christ Church, Oxford, but it reverted...