Postlethwayt, Malachy 1746-1750
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Postlethwayt, Malachy, ? 1707-1767
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Malachy Postlethwayt was born c 1707. He spent twenty years compiling The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce , 1751-1774. Between 1745 and 1758 Postlethwayt published other works on trade and commerce, including The African Trade the Great Pillar and Support of the British Plantation Trade in America , 1745 and Considerations on the Revival of Royal-British Assiento , 1749. Postlethwayt died in London on 13 September 1767. From the guide to the Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1746-175...
South Sea Company
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British company founded in 1711 to trade, chiefly in slaves, with Spanish America. The resulting speculation mania that led to ruin for many investors was known as the South Sea Bubble. Company dissolved in 1753. From the description of Records of the South Sea Company, 1712-1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982201 The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 to trade (mainly in slaves) with Spanish America, on the assumption that the War of the Spanish Succession, then dr...
