The Last of the West Country Merchants: The Life and Times of Matthew Morry (1750-1836), One of the Last Generation of Merchant Adventurers in the New

This historical narrative focuses on one family, the Morrys, who originated in Devon, England, and came to the southern shore of Newfoundland at the end of the 18th century. The immigrant ancestor of that family, Matthew Morry, was a self-made man who rose from ordinary seaman to ship owner and small-scale fish merchant and trader.