Having retired from the Civil Service, I needed a new challenge, so I applied and was accepted to undertake a degree at Edge Hill University. It was a wonderful time in my life where I gained a BA and MA in history. It was whilst at university that I stumbled upon James Maury, an American tobacco merchant residing in Liverpool in 1790, and the more I researched him, the more interesting he became. Hence: the book.
Today, I spend my time as a volunteer on a three-mastered schooner, ‘Kathleen and May’, moored at Liverpool. I still research and write and have several projects on the go.
James Maury Esq First American Consul to the Port of Liverpool 1790–1829
The author’s intention is to provide an historical account of a little-known part of American history in the Port of Liverpool by illustrating the life of James Maury, an American tobacco merchant from Virginia who became the first American Consul to the Port of Liverpool.Maury, who had arrived in...
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