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Great Britain. Acts. An act for... erecting a corporation to carry on a trade to the South-Seas

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08613 Author/Creator: Great Britain. Acts. Place Written: London, England Type: Pamphlet Date: 1711 Pagination: 42 p. Order a Copy

Establishing the South Seas company. Overspeculation in the company's stock led to the "bubble" and the crash, when it came, saw the first modern depression. With exchange stamp of Harvard's Baker Library

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