1 “...Merchant, cash keeper, masters, owners of ships, freighters, factors, mariner, and notary publick...”

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3 “... pretext for debate on the social status quo, including such issues as the place of the merchant class...”

4 “... available to business owners, like asset-based lending, factoring, merchant cash advance, local “hard money...”

5 “...In the city republics of Renaissance Italy, it was a common practice among the merchant class...”