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Edmund Quincy (1703–1788)
Edmund Quincy was a prominent Boston merchant during much of the 18th century.
== Early life and career ==
Edmund Quincy was one of four children born to Edmund Quincy and Dorothy Flynt Quincy of Braintree (now Quincy) and Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1722, and went into the commerce and shipbuilding business with his younger brother Josiah and brother-in-law Edward Jackson. In 1748, the ''Bethell'', a merchant ship they owned, took out a letter of marque to protect itself from Spanish privateers during King George's War. Armed with fourteen guns and six fake wooden guns, the ''Bethell'' accidentally came upon a much larger and more heavily armed Spanish ship at night in the Atlantic Ocean. Unable to escape, the ''Bethell'' instead demanded that the Spanish ship surrender, and, mistaking the ''Bethell'' for a British sloop-of-war, it complied without a fight. The Spanish ship's cargo, consisting of 161 chests of silver, 2 of gold, and various valuable commodities, was brought safely back to Boston and valued at around one hundred thousand pounds sterling.
Josiah Quincy retired shortly after this windfall, while Edmund remained in business, entering into a partnership with his sons. Though well-respected, he suffered financial reverses and was declared bankrupt in 1757.〔〔(Massachusetts Historical Society: Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, 1633-1910 )〕 He later retired to his paternal estate and, in 1765, published ''A Treatise on Hemp Husbandry''.
Quincy was also an acting magistrate of Suffolk County until the time of his death, and was referred to as "Squire" or "Justice" Quincy.〔〔〔
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