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Reasons against passing into an act, at this time, any further bill relating to stock-jobbing
Date: [1756?]- E-books
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Public speculation unfolded in sixteen letters, addressed to F. Childs & J.H. Lawrence, of New-York: by Jonathan Dayton, of New-Jersey: while speaker of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States.
Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824.Date: 1800
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A dwarf holding his hat. Engraving.
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Every man his own broker or, a guide to Exchange-Alley. In which the nature of the several funds, vulgarly called the stocks, is clearly explained; And The Mystery and Iniquity of Stock-Jobbing laid before the Public in a New and Impartial Light; in which is introduced a Comic Scene at J-'s. Also The Method of Transferring Stock, of Buying and Selling India Bonds, Lottery Tickets, Life Annuities, and other Government Securities, without the Assistance of a Broker, is made intelligible to the meanest Capacity; and an Account is given of the Laws in Force relative to Brokers, Clerks at the Bank, &c. To which is added, New Tables of Interest, calculated at 5 per Cent. for the Use of the present Proprietors of India Bonds; and Directions how to avoid the Losses that are frequently sustained by the Destruction of Bank Notes, India Bonds, &c. by Fires and other Accidents; and an Appendix, giving some Account of banking, and of the sinking Fund. Quid faciunt leges, ubi sola pecunia regnat.
Mortimer, Thomas, 1730-1810.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Pictures
The English coffee house in Amsterdam, with people trading shares; with vignettes showing the rise and fall of the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812076i