[Power of attorney, 1714 September 23, from Sir John Hynde Cotton of Cambridge to William Cleeve of the South Sea House (London)].

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[Power of attorney, 1714 September 23, from Sir John Hynde Cotton of Cambridge to William Cleeve of the South Sea House (London)].

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Power of attorney given to William Cleeve by Sir John Hynde Cotton allowing the former to "sell, assigne & transfer" his South Sea Company stock.

1 sheet ; 32 x 21 cm.

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Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752

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Jacobite politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hallingbury, Essex, to Mr. Corbet, 1735 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270520153 Jacobite. From the description of Document signed : [London], a receipt to Horace Walpole, Esq., one of the four tellers of his Majesty's Exchequer, 1745 Oct. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536524 ...

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...

Cleeve, William.

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