Stories of Banks and BankersMacmillan, 1865 - 200 páginas |
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... capital of £ 1,000,000 . I shall myself subscribe for £ 500 at once , and it will be full to - night . " The rush for investments , it seems , took place in the last of the ten days , the fire of patriotism and the yearning after the ...
... capital of £ 1,000,000 . I shall myself subscribe for £ 500 at once , and it will be full to - night . " The rush for investments , it seems , took place in the last of the ten days , the fire of patriotism and the yearning after the ...
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... the Tories determined to get up a rival establishment , on a much larger scale than the Bank of England . The capital was to be £ 2,564,000 , advanced in loans on the same principle as that of the Bank The Monied Interest . 25.
... the Tories determined to get up a rival establishment , on a much larger scale than the Bank of England . The capital was to be £ 2,564,000 , advanced in loans on the same principle as that of the Bank The Monied Interest . 25.
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... capital and notes were to be advanced solely to landowners , for the cultivation of land , and at the rate of 3 per cent . The scheme , brought forward under the title of the " Land Bank , " was due to Dr. Hugh Chamberlain , and , being ...
... capital and notes were to be advanced solely to landowners , for the cultivation of land , and at the rate of 3 per cent . The scheme , brought forward under the title of the " Land Bank , " was due to Dr. Hugh Chamberlain , and , being ...
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... capital thus acquired by dealing in scrip . Always cool - headed and close - fisted , he was the very man to profit by the South Sea fever . When the tide was gradually rising , he at once began to see to what a deluge it would lead ...
... capital thus acquired by dealing in scrip . Always cool - headed and close - fisted , he was the very man to profit by the South Sea fever . When the tide was gradually rising , he at once began to see to what a deluge it would lead ...
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... capital under a thou- sand , and died worth nearly a million of money . The career of Sir Francis Baring was still more successful . Like their modern successors and rivals , the world - famous bankers of the Red Shield , the Barings ...
... capital under a thou- sand , and died worth nearly a million of money . The career of Sir Francis Baring was still more successful . Like their modern successors and rivals , the world - famous bankers of the Red Shield , the Barings ...
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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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