... husbandry, and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some respectable merchant in whose counting-house he remains two or three years, or at least until he becomes familiar with exchanges and such other commercial matters as may best qualify... Parliamentary Papers - Page 394by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1848Full view - About this book
| William Schaw Lindsay - Commerce - 1876 - 712 pages
...ordinary branches of school learning) a competent knowledge of Mathematics, Navigation, Ships' husbandry, and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some...from which he gradually rises to that of captain." 1 Letter addressed by Mr. Sherwood, British Consul for Maine and New Hampshire, US, to Foreign Office,... | |
| Union League Club (New York, N.Y.) - Merchant marine - 1883 - 54 pages
...mathematics, navigation, ship's husbandry, and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some responsible merchant, in whose counting-house he remains two or...at least until he becomes familiar with exchanges, or such other commercial matters as may best qualify him to represent his principal in foreign countries.... | |
| Nathaniel Southgate Shaler - Industries - 1894 - 860 pages
...ordinary branches of school learning) a competent knowledge of mathematics, navigation, ship's husbandry, and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some...exchanges and such other commercial matters as may qualify him to represent his principal in foreign countries. He is then sent to sea, generally in the... | |
| Nathaniel Southgate Shaler - Industries - 1894 - 876 pages
...ordinary branches of school learning) a competent knowledge of mathematics, navigation, ship's husbandry, and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some...exchanges and such other commercial matters as may qualify him to represent his principal in foreign countries. He is then sent to sea, generally in the... | |
| Winthrop Lippit Marvin - Merchant marine - 1902 - 490 pages
...ordinary branches of school learning) a competent knowledge of mathematics, navigation, ship's husbandry, and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some...exchanges and such other commercial matters as may qualify him to represent his principal in foreign countries. He is then sent to sea, generally in the... | |
| Winthrop Lippitt Marvin - Merchant marine - 1902 - 492 pages
...such other commercial matters as may qualify him to represent his principal in foreign countries. lie is then sent to sea, generally in the capacity of...from which he gradually rises to that of captain. " Nor were the interests of the common seamen overlooked. Boys of all classes, when fit, had the privilege... | |
| Willis John Abbot - Merchant marine - 1919 - 430 pages
...or three years, or at least until he becomes familiar with exchanges and such other matters as may qualify him to represent his principal in foreign...from which he gradually rises to that of captain." In 1861 the calamity of the Civil War fell upon the nation. The sectional antagonisms which culminated... | |
| Willis John Abbot - Merchant marine - 1919 - 428 pages
...ships-husbandry, and perhaps French, is perhaps apprenticed to some respectable merchant in whose counting house he remains two or three years, or at least until he becomes familiar with exchanges and such other matters as may qualify him to represent his principal in foreign countries. He is then sent to sea,... | |
| William Shepherd Benson - Merchant marine - 1923 - 212 pages
...ordinary branches of school learning) a competent knowledge of mathematics, navigation, ships' husbandry, and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some...from which he gradually rises to that of captain. . . . Nor were the interests of the common seamen overlooked. Boys of all classes, when fit, had the... | |
| Basil Lubbock - Merchant marine - 1925 - 228 pages
...and perhaps French, is generally apprenticed to some respectable merchant, in whose counting house he remains two or three years, or at least until he...from which he gradually rises to that of captain. " The captains of the packets nearly always had a share in their ships, and instead of a regular salary... | |
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