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... Italy that the art of banking , as known in our own time , first came to be introduced . The earliest public bank established in modern Europe was that of Venice , which was founded in 1157. It origi- nated in a loan which the State ...
... Italy that the art of banking , as known in our own time , first came to be introduced . The earliest public bank established in modern Europe was that of Venice , which was founded in 1157. It origi- nated in a loan which the State ...
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... Italian merchants , well acquainted with the art of banking , as practised in Venice , settled in London in considerable numbers towards the latter part of the twelfth century , and , probably , got into early connexion with the ...
... Italian merchants , well acquainted with the art of banking , as practised in Venice , settled in London in considerable numbers towards the latter part of the twelfth century , and , probably , got into early connexion with the ...
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... Italians established themselves in Lom- bard Street , down to the advent of Nathan , the son of Meyer Amschel , foreigners have dealt largest in money , foreigners have been the highest speculators in cash and scrip , and foreigners ...
... Italians established themselves in Lom- bard Street , down to the advent of Nathan , the son of Meyer Amschel , foreigners have dealt largest in money , foreigners have been the highest speculators in cash and scrip , and foreigners ...
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... Italy , Spain , and Portugal . The latter part of the concern was a very profitable one , so that Mr. John Coutts grew rapidly rich , and was chosen Lord Provost of Edinburgh in conse- quence . He distinguished himself in this capa ...
... Italy , Spain , and Portugal . The latter part of the concern was a very profitable one , so that Mr. John Coutts grew rapidly rich , and was chosen Lord Provost of Edinburgh in conse- quence . He distinguished himself in this capa ...
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... Italy and Switzerland , and bought estates in Middlesex . But though forgotten and forgiven , as all earthly things are , the tragic fate of the Charitable Corporation Fund exercised for a long time a depressing influence on the new ...
... Italy and Switzerland , and bought estates in Middlesex . But though forgotten and forgiven , as all earthly things are , the tragic fate of the Charitable Corporation Fund exercised for a long time a depressing influence on the new ...
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Alexander Fordyce Bank of England Banking Company banking establishments banking house bill-brokers bills Black Monday BOOK brothers Cambridge career cent century Christian Church clerk cloth commenced country bankers Coutts Coutts and Co David Barclay deposits directors early English Extra fcap favour firm fortune founder Francis Baring friends funds GEORGE Gideon Goldsmid goldsmiths Government hands Henry Fauntleroy honours house of Rothschild interest James Jew-lane John joint-stock banks King land latter loan Lombard Street London and Westminster Lord lottery Loyd M.A. Crown 8vo M.A. Fcap M.A. Second Edition ment merchants Messrs Meyer Anselm millions sterling monopoly Nathan Rothschild notes Overend paper Parliament partners Peter Thellusson Poems private banks profitable Royal ruin Sampson Sampson Gideon Scotch Scotland SERMONS PREACHED shareholders shrewd Smith South Sea Company speculations Third Edition Thomas tion trade transactions TREATISE VAUGHAN vols wealth Westminster Bank whole William Paterson
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