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Notable English Hatter and Carolina Credit Scheme Fallout
A late 18th century extract details Alexander Cummings Esq a presumed English gentleman who created a local credit boom in Carolina by issuing promissory notes converting to specie through his loan offices. His faux wealth the so called treasury and a grand house collapsed when bills came back protested leaving debts and wasted papermoney. Also reports on royal births baptisms naval movements and European diplomatic shifts including Sardinia Piedmont Madrid and Dublin notices.
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Prussia
Mr. Young
St. James’s Market
Souhh
Carolina
Alexander Cummings
England
Nelson
Virginia
Union Stairs
Col. Charteris
Holland
Mer. Morice
France
Christ’s Hospital
Adi
Fullerton
Moforal
Hans Sloan
Piedmont
Chambery
Whitehall
South Carolina
Spain
Seville
Paris
Barcelona
Alicant
Sicily
Portaerraio
Dublin
Port
King’s Fnd
O Me Gollier
Coats
William