Ramage, James A. <br/><br/>
John Wesley Hunt  Pioneer Merchant, Manufacturer and Financier. 

 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)1974. 
 - 1 online resource (121 pages) 
 - Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf .
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Disgruntled Partner, Would-Be Privateer; 3. The Pioneer Merchant; 4. Racehorses; 5. Hemp; Photo Section; 6. Hopemont; 7. Patriarch; Bibliographical Essay 
<br/><br/> When John Wesley Hunt came to Kentucky in 1794, his plan was to open a general store in Lexington. A canny judge of business opportunity, he soon expanded his activities and became one of the responsible figures of Kentucky banking and finance. In another kind of venture, he imported fine stallions from the East, significantly improving the bloodlines of thoroughbreds and trotters in the Bluegrass. John Wesley Hunt tells the story of Hunt's business exploits against the background of life in frontier Lexington. James A. Ramage reveals how his innovative solutions to the financial problems of. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813150321 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capitalists and financiers--Kentucky--Biography.<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Kentucky.<br/>Merchants--Kentucky--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF3023  / .J646 1974