Discover whether there was in fact a particular ice shipment trade route that became the signature landmark one for Ice King Frederic Tudor. Get to know Caleb Ladd including his connections with Frederic Tudor. Learn if ice itself got valued from a medical perspective. Determine when exactly the first national success behind America’s Ice Trade got officially reported. Get to know Hunt’s Merchant’s Magazine & Commercial Review including the significance behind what was published in August 1855. Learn just how many ships participated in the Boston Ice Trade come 1855 including how much the trade itself was worth $ wise to overall number of men employed. Discover what some cities did differently in midst of milder winters. Get to know which northern city competed heavily with Boston. Go behind the scenes and discover what Frederic Tudor himself performed one last time come January 1857. Determine if Boston as a city would eventually lose its reign as leading force behind shipping ice domestically. Get to know Dr. John Gorrie including what he advocated for reducing Malaria & Yellow Fever. Get an in depth analysis behind what the last decade of Frederic Tudor’s life was like including milestones he achieved. Learn if Frederic lived long enough to see America at war with herself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/support

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