Merchants [ Commerce ]
… entry for Foster Cunliffe and Sons’, The National Archives, Kew, London, E 190/1427/5. Image Wencelus Hollar, ‘The Royal Exchange’, Met Museum, 29.102.128, 1647. Image Index of letters from Africa House in London to Royal African Company … and is said to have been generated in the coffeehouses of metropolitan areas. Image Legend Wencelus Hollar, ‘The Royal Exchange’, Met Museum, 29.102.128, 1647. 13 . Lawrence E. Klein, ‘Politeness’, The Digital Encyclopaedia of British … Oxford University Press, 1992). The spaces of ‘traffic’ or commerce were social hubs and venues of politeness. The Royal Exchange, at the heart of the City of London, was a place for merchants and traders to gain information and solicit …
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