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The Oldest American Business Firm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

N. S. B. Gras
Affiliation:
Harvard University

Extract

The Oldest business concern in America is not a railroad nor yet a canal or turnpike. It is not a bank nor an insurance company. It is not a tavern, at least not so far as I know. It is not even a publishing firm, although such firms have seen long life.

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Copyright
Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1935

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