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ACQUATINT ENGRAVING BY EDWARD DUNCAN (1838)
Opium ships at Lintin, China, depicting British merchant ship Eugenia, brig Jamesina, and possibly American brig Cadet (1824).

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The China connection of five great American family fortunes
April 4, 2017 12:47 a.m.

The China connection of five great American family fortunes

The fortunes of some of America’s greatest families that today generously support the best of worthy causes, began in unworthy ways in faraway lands more than 200 years ago.