july march called swedish merchant director factories china twice representative lived known total years trade company arrival swedish ships china lived life survived traded east asian countries partner smuggled india china returned sweden wealthy man lived rest life swedish high society writing minor essays travels member royal swedish sciences music married bought renovated improved died wife took business ran factories notable legacy notes correspondence accounts cargo lists books kept life preserved early life family eldest son merchant younger born father swedish consul time family moved father started trading house years old started working apprentice fathers office years later clerk swedish fathers appointed second assistant ship journey known ambitious aimed higher positions achieve learn gain experience returned sweden china decided abroad soon possible started trading office swedish consul france worked months stayed france years employed firm letters family years indicates enjoyed time france interested style appearance initial plans set business family especially uncle advised started merchant european market soon moved lucrative trade encouraged nephew followed uncle advice went second carter september ship ran aground ship captain ship tried afloat avail seven hours later ship wreck resting rocks aboard went boats men stayed guard ship men including immediately set nearest port days later landed chinese mainland province sic eventually got permission chinese authorities proceed met men left guard ship number arrived weeks earlier expeditions divers led went recover cargo wreck managed salvage thirds silver tin iron coral lead copper cargo plus cat dog remained resident seven years company representative contacting chinese merchants buying goods cargo ships arrival ships outward journey resident journey home tasks sure swedish factory thirteen factories good order maintained rented factories houses locations factory street operated main building records swedish factory detailed provide good insight life time started successful private company partnership older experienced directors founder swedish trading office traded technically rules regulations charter took advantage fact father director father death shipped goods board ships europe ships brought art mediterranean_sea expensive mechanical known chinese sing songs goods appreciated emperor rich company chinese trade india java philippines japan places traded japanese silk gold silver profitable product trade smuggling private business time smuggled considerable quantities india documented received shipment sent madras known consequently sweden major drug runner resident responsible buying goods tea silk miscellaneous ship arriving sweden traded mainly chinese merchant factory swedish judging letters friends entrusted funds buying tea goods season price lowest bought tea contracts preserved buy tea chinese merchant behalf instead bought company sold slightly higher price time suspicious director sent investigate matter companions sign agreement position ordered return home ship stayed continued business able transfer share profit international bank notes partner trading house director charter science music wrote number essays observations experiences member academy president accomplished flute player june elected member interested orders way money transferred china sweden ordered return home ordered dinner service estate owner returned sweden lived stockholm occupied trade owned suburban manor south stockholm established steel factory help married stockholm children daughter sold manor steel factory moved bought manor estate followed pattern fortunes abroad short period time trade return invested money swedish factories farms aside factories largest english park planned built manor park canals bridges modelled larger park palace estate included blast manufacturing house bought estate built wrought iron factory seat farm sold following year bought established small scale trade monopoly owner farmers refined wrought iron factory large quantities nails small trip nails sold trader decreed farmers buy goods general store second forbade farmers tenant farmers sell nails merchants time center nail trade way assumed control nail trade died march mysterious circumstances interred family grave died wife took ran factories children succeeded archives life kept meticulous notes business library letters correspondence documents archive following request available online including documentation letters cargo lists provisions ships accounts swedish factory time
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