Maitland, Alexander
Variant namesThe South Sea Company was formed circa 1711 by the British government with a monopoly on trade in South America in exchange for liquidating the British national debt by selling shares in its trading enterprises and funding payment of the debt from a part of the company's capital stock. In 1721 the inflated value of the company's shares collapsed which brought on the fall of the British government and widespread financial and political ruin. The Mississippi Scheme was a rival project in France devised by the Scottish economist John Law.
From the description of Maitland collection of South Sea Company and Mississippi Scheme papers, 1669-1774, bulk (1711-1720). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122486580
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referencedIn | Lenox Library. Board of Trustees. Treasurer. Lenox Library Treasurer records, 1870-1895. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Maitland, Alexander,. Maitland collection of South Sea Company and Mississippi Scheme papers, 1669-1774, bulk (1711-1720). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
referencedIn | Lenox Library. Lenox Library records, 1866-1915. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Maitland, Alexander. Correspondence with James Rood, Esq. M.A. Hanna Co., Cleveland, regarding shipments of iron ore from Marquette iron range. | Marquette County Historical Society | |
referencedIn | Lenox Library. Board of Trustees. Secretary. Lenox Library Secretary records, 1870-1895, 1893-1895 (bulk). | New York Public Library System, NYPL |
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associatedWith | Law, John, 1671-1729. | person |
associatedWith | Lenox Library. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Lenox Library. Board of Trustees. Secretary. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Lenox Library. Board of Trustees. Treasurer. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | M.A. Hanna Company. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Rood, James. | person |
associatedWith | South Sea Company. | corporateBody |
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South America | |||
Great Britain |
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Capitalism |
Debts, Public |
Finance |
Monopolies |
Restraint of trade |
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Birth 1940