Commission merchant

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COMMISSION MERCHANT. One employed to sell goods for another on commission; a factor. He is sometimes called. a consignee, (q.v.) and the goods he receives are a consignment. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1013.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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Over the next few weeks, what historian Frank Owsley called the "decisive" leadership role played in the South by the New Orleans merchant community became apparent, as the cotton factors and associated companies of other southern cities, such as Mobile, Savannah, and Charleston, quickly followed the Crescent City's example.
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