Records of the South Sea Company, 1712-1753.

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Records of the South Sea Company, 1712-1753.

Correspondence (1738-1739) of company representatives relating to financial negotiations with the Spanish court and photocopies of investors' authorizations to their agents for transactions involving South Sea Company stock. Agents represented include John Conduitt, John Grigsby, Robert Knight, and Charles Lockyer.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8069015

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Grigsby, John, 1971-

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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...

Conduitt, John, 1688-1737

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Lockyer, Charles

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 1968 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0001ec ...

Knight, Robert, 1675-1744

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