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South Sea Company Dividends and Directors Scrutiny in Parliament
An account of the last Christmas dividend and bonds of the South Sea Company, the inducements for the 30 percent dividend and 50 percent annual returns, and the calculations behind the directors' resolutions. Lords continued the South Sea inquiry, with calls to confiscate estates of those blamed for the public losses.
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Earl of Clarendon
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