Stories of Banks and BankersMacmillan, 1865 - 200 páginas |
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... class fortunes at present assessed to the income - tax . There are now no more millionaire Thellussons ; no more members of the family in Parliament ; and no more banking establishments bearing the famous name . Peter Thellusson ...
... class fortunes at present assessed to the income - tax . There are now no more millionaire Thellussons ; no more members of the family in Parliament ; and no more banking establishments bearing the famous name . Peter Thellusson ...
Página 100
... 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 , so to speak , of the English and other Coutts - is the most remarkable . The ...
... 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 , so to speak , of the English and other Coutts - is the most remarkable . The ...
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... " the almost only conveyance accessible to the working- classes in our time . It must be said , however , that Mr. Cooper Thornhill's rapid locomotion was regarded as something absolutely wonderful in his day . Early Scotch Bankers . 103.
... " the almost only conveyance accessible to the working- classes in our time . It must be said , however , that Mr. Cooper Thornhill's rapid locomotion was regarded as something absolutely wonderful in his day . Early Scotch Bankers . 103.
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... classes of the population , than in our own country . The establishment of the Bank of Scotland was followed , in 1727 , by that of the Royal Bank ; in 1746 by the British Linen Company ; in 1763 , by the Dundee Banking Company ; and in ...
... classes of the population , than in our own country . The establishment of the Bank of Scotland was followed , in 1727 , by that of the Royal Bank ; in 1746 by the British Linen Company ; in 1763 , by the Dundee Banking Company ; and in ...
Página 120
... of the deposits in the banks which he had known were in sums of from ten to two hundred pounds . Being asked from what classes of the community the depositors came , he replied : " They are I 20 Stories of Banks and Bankers .
... of the deposits in the banks which he had known were in sums of from ten to two hundred pounds . Being asked from what classes of the community the depositors came , he replied : " They are I 20 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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