But a group of merchants here decided to take action.

I have to talk to one of the more important merchants.

He went to the house of a merchant and spent a long time there.

He was born to a family of a poor merchant.

She was born in 1890 as the second daughter of a local merchant.

"When some of the merchants came here, they brought the trade with them."

Their only child was taken under the protection of the merchant.

His mother was the daughter of a merchant from Virginia.

"I'm one of the few individual merchants left and that's because we own the building."

And when he reached the market, none of the merchants would talk with him.