I. WILLIAM BRAUND, MERCHANT, 1695-1774, II. THE PORTUGUESE VENTURES OF WILLIAM BRAUND, III. MARINE INSURANCE IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, IV. WILLIAM BRAUND AND THE EAST INDIA SHIPPING INTEREST, CONCLUSION, APPENDIX I. THE ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUDULENT SALES TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY INVOLVING BRICE FISHER, CERTAIN WILTSHIRE CLOTHIERS, AND, INCIDENTALLY, WILLIAM BRAUND, 1754-5, APPENDIX II. WILLIAM BRAUND'S INVESTMENTS, APPENDIX III. PETITIONS OF THE MERCHANTS TRADING TO PORTUGAL, 1756, APPENDIX IV. INSURANCE BROKERS AND MERCHANTS FOR WHOM WILLIAM BRAUND UNDERWROTE, APPENDIX V. A LIST OF THE SHIPS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF SAMUEL BRAUND, WITH THEIR OWNERS AND THE OCCUPATION OF THE OWNERS, INDEX OF PROPER NAMES