[Powers of attorney and dividend warrants, 1702-1763].

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[Powers of attorney and dividend warrants, 1702-1763].

Collection primarily of powers of attorney and dividend warrants of English, Scotch and Irish peers relating to South Sea Company stock, including other documents related and unrelated to the company.

6 v. ; 43 cm.

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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...