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... took place in 1546 — and passing by the ugly name of usury . A curious and no less terrible incident in these banking transactions of former times is mentioned in Arnold's " Chronicle . " The old historian quaintly records that in the ...
... took place in 1546 — and passing by the ugly name of usury . A curious and no less terrible incident in these banking transactions of former times is mentioned in Arnold's " Chronicle . " The old historian quaintly records that in the ...
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... Tower , in the care of the Master of the Mint . Charles I. took advantage of this circumstance by seizing , shortly before the meeting of the Long Parliament , the sum of £ 200,000 , professedly as a loan Origin of Banking . 7.
... Tower , in the care of the Master of the Mint . Charles I. took advantage of this circumstance by seizing , shortly before the meeting of the Long Parliament , the sum of £ 200,000 , professedly as a loan Origin of Banking . 7.
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... took place in the last of the ten days , the fire of patriotism and the yearning after the eight per cent . having been stirred by a sympathetic movement of several private bankers towards the Bank of England . William Paterson scarcely ...
... took place in the last of the ten days , the fire of patriotism and the yearning after the eight per cent . having been stirred by a sympathetic movement of several private bankers towards the Bank of England . William Paterson scarcely ...
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... took the honour to themselves ; were civil to him awhile , and neglected him after- wards . " Another writer pretends : " The friend- less Scot was intrigued out of his post and out of the honours he had earned . " Probably Mr. Francis ...
... took the honour to themselves ; were civil to him awhile , and neglected him after- wards . " Another writer pretends : " The friend- less Scot was intrigued out of his post and out of the honours he had earned . " Probably Mr. Francis ...
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... took a house in the Strand , the same in which the firm still exists ; and he was joined here , some years after , by his brother Thomas as a partner - the business being carried on under the name of James and Thomas Coutts . James ...
... took a house in the Strand , the same in which the firm still exists ; and he was joined here , some years after , by his brother Thomas as a partner - the business being carried on under the name of James and Thomas Coutts . James ...
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