Elias Hasket Derby

Elias Hasket Derby (August 16, 1739 — September 8, 1799) was among the wealthiest and most celebrated of post-Revolutionary merchants in Salem, Massachusetts, and owner of the Grand Turk, the first New England vessel to trade directly with China.

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Elias Hasket Derby
Birth dateAugust 16, 1739
Date of deathSeptember 08, 1799

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  1. http://archive.org/stream/merchantventurer00peabrich#page/148/mode/2up
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=A7YmR230yAkC
  3. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x004813421?urlappend=%3Bseq=223
  4. http://library.mysticseaport.org/initiative/CuVessel.cfm?VesselId=112384
  5. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0771881.html
  6. http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n95005097
  7. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924020334771#page/n49/mode/2up