Stories of Banks and BankersMacmillan, 1865 - 200 páginas |
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... Scotland . A great desire for travelling drove him abroad at an early age , and he spent some six or seven years of his life in visiting nearly all the countries of Europe , be- sides the West Indies and part of the continent of America ...
... Scotland . A great desire for travelling drove him abroad at an early age , and he spent some six or seven years of his life in visiting nearly all the countries of Europe , be- sides the West Indies and part of the continent of America ...
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... in Darien . " He succeeded so far as to form a com- pany of merchant adventurers , under the title of " The Company of Scotland trading to Africa and C the Indies . " The main scheme of the company The Bank of England . 17.
... in Darien . " He succeeded so far as to form a com- pany of merchant adventurers , under the title of " The Company of Scotland trading to Africa and C the Indies . " The main scheme of the company The Bank of England . 17.
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... Scotland they were , in a great many instances , tradesmen of a very different class , such as drapers , haberdashers , and corn - dealers . Of the many firms risen to eminence from these pursuits , the old house of Coutts -- the trunk ...
... Scotland they were , in a great many instances , tradesmen of a very different class , such as drapers , haberdashers , and corn - dealers . Of the many firms risen to eminence from these pursuits , the old house of Coutts -- the trunk ...
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... Scotland . Among the latter number was a somewhat celebrated character , a Mr. Cooper Thornhill , who at that time kept the Bell Inn , at Hilton . Master Thornhill travelled at railway speed forty years prior to the birth of George ...
... Scotland . Among the latter number was a somewhat celebrated character , a Mr. Cooper Thornhill , who at that time kept the Bell Inn , at Hilton . Master Thornhill travelled at railway speed forty years prior to the birth of George ...
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... from which locality he emerged as a dealer in bills of exchange . This led to more extended money transactions , ending in the establishment of a banking house of the first celebrity in Scotland . The 104 Stories of Banks and Bankers .
... from which locality he emerged as a dealer in bills of exchange . This led to more extended money transactions , ending in the establishment of a banking house of the first celebrity in Scotland . The 104 Stories of Banks and Bankers .
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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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