Howqua
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Wu Bingjian, trading as "Houqua" and better known in the West as "Howqua" or "Howqua II", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was o
Portrait, c. 1840–1849
Portrait by an unidentified artist
Abiel Abbot Low
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Abiel Abbot Low was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist who gained most of his fortune from the China trade, importing teas, porcelains, and silk, and building and operating a fl
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…in a poor neighborhood in the region of Honam. The founders of then world-renowned firms including James Matheson, William Jardine, Samuel Russell and Abiel Abbot Low all had a close relationship with Howqua. Portraits of Howqua in his robes still hang in Salem and Newport mansions built by American merchants grateful…
Abiel Abbot Low, circa 1846.