The Birth of the Company in Founders Hall (1599)

Waller Lolls Th

LEDGER AND SWORD

OR

The Honourable Company of
Merchants of
of England Trading
to the East Indies

(1599-1874)

BY

BECKLES WILLSON

WITH FRONTISPIECE IN PHOTOGRAVURE BY MAURICE
GREIFFENHAGEN, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

LONGMANS,

GREEN, AND CO.

39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON

NEW YORK AND BOMBAY