South Sea Company 1712-1783

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South Sea Company 1712-1783

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb96-ms89

Manuscript folio

eng,

Senate House Library (University of London)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6302783

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Manners family of Rutland

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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...