eprintid: 10136987
rev_number: 9
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datestamp: 2021-10-24 22:48:27
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type: article
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creators_name: Lentz, S.
title: David Parish, Alexander Baring and the US Loan of 1813: The Role of Nationality and Patriotism in the Transatlantic Mercantile Community in Times of War
ispublished: pub
subjects: PRESS_LND_JOU_CAN_STUD
note: © 2013, Sarah Lentz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
abstract: The War of 1812 was a very expensive conflict for the United States. In 1813, three foreign-born investors, among them David Parish from Hamburg, Germany, saved the US government from bankruptcy by providing a sixteen-million dollar loan. This article focuses on the reasons why Parish – who strongly opposed the war – agreed to take a major share in the loan. At the same time, it examines the ways in which the Hamburg merchant tried to sell a large share of his US government bonds in Great Britain – America’s wartime enemy. Parish’s actions make it obvious that he promoted the idea of a supranational mercantile community that was not bound by patriotic considerations even during war times. Consequently, it was the British merchant banker Alexander Baring who stood at the core of Parish’s plans to sell US bonds in London. By contrasting Baring’s room for manoeuvre during these financial transactions with that of Parish this article shows that in the British context public expectations of loyalty and patriotism could indeed limit the abilities of local merchants in financing the opponent of war. Thus, the comparison of Parish’s and Baring’s experiences highlights the importance of local factors such as a consolidated public opinion and a strong nation state in setting the limits of the sphere of activity for internationally operating merchants in times of war.
date: 2021
official_url: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2013v28.006
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
doi: 10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2013v28.006
full_text_status: public
publication: London Journal of Canadian Studies
volume: 28
number: 1
pagerange: 68-89
issn: 23970928
citation:        Lentz, S.;      (2021)    David Parish, Alexander Baring and the US Loan of 1813: The Role of Nationality and Patriotism in the Transatlantic Mercantile Community in Times of War.                   London Journal of Canadian Studies , 28  (1)   pp. 68-89.    10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2013v28.006 <https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2013v28.006>.       Green open access   
 
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