Chapter 05 — 1703-1750
- Item sets
- Book Chapters
- Name
- Chapter 05 — 1703-1750
- Description
- The trading era. The island's commercial system at its height — the running trade, the merchant families, the harbours alive with traffic. The Peggy in her boathouse. The economy that worked, the community that sustained it, and the world that was watching from across the water.
- Key Figures
- Jacob Osorio Davids
- Reverend Mr Gell
- Mark Hildesley
- Thomas Wilson
- George Moore
- George Waldron
- Malachy Postlethwayt
- Solomon Abrahams
- John Taubman
- George Quayle
- John Quayle
- Charles Gordon
- Captain Murray (Peel searcher)
- Paul Bridson
- Robert Wilson (counterfeiter)
- Major John Taubman
- Ramon Abello
- Book Part
- The Trading Era