Power of attorney from James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, to John Page of London [manuscript], 1720 October 5.

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Power of attorney from James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, to John Page of London [manuscript], 1720 October 5.

For the transference of £385 stock in the South Sea company.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Chandos, James Brydges, Duke of, 1674-1744

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Page, John, of London, fl. 1720.

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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...

Hawes, Francis, Captain

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