Cyclopædia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting Reminiscences and Facts, Remarkable Traits and Humors ... of Merchants, Traders, Bankers ... Etc. in All Ages and Countries ...

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Perit Pelatiab merchant of New York
33
Colloquies inside the Bank
44
Cincinnati
45
Conducting Business on the Paris Bourse 95
63
CountingHouse Dinners
69
Lowell Francis C merchant of Boston
73
The United Job and Lazarus Bank
81
Remarkable Discernment of Mercantile
103
Found Goods
108
72
116
ANECDOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
123
A Good BeginningOld Moses Roths
129
Aged Merchant saved from Robbery
137
American Merchants of the Olden Time
147
The Bankers SevenShilling Piece 177
150
Too Close application to Business 141
159
150
168
An Error in Shipping the Goods
170
Arab Honesty in Business Transactions 140
176
ANECDOTES OF TRADE AND BUSINESS IMMORALITIES
191
Espionage Practised by Girard
197
A Rustic bargaining for a Hat 262
200
The Model Debtor Described
205
Artful Dodge
206
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209
Spaniard and Chinaman at a Trade
231
York
233
206
241
277
249
Expedient of a Russian Miser 272
252
The Bank Detectives Foiled
264
Friend Hopper and the Due Bill
266
Game of the Money Packages
274
Three Millionnaires Quarrelling about
279
THE EXCHANGE CUSTOM HOUSE BOARDS OF TRADE MARKETS ETC THEIR ANNALS
285
Animated Scenes at the French Exchange
293
ADVERTISEMENTS SIGNBOARDS TRADEMARKS TOKENS ENVELOPES LABELS INSCRIPTIONS
305
Ancient Pictorial Signboards
317
Medicis Lorenzo de the magnificent
327
Boston Merchants Business Marks
328
Appleton Samuel merchant of Boston
335
Broadway Signs
337
181
343
Universal Salvage Company
346
PAGE
349
New Rules for Railways
368
ANECDOTES OF COMMERCE AND TRAFFIC IN THEIR LEGAL
391
Gave his Note
392
Advantage of being a Large Debtor
399
Getting an Injunction Dissolved 432
401
An Unsettled Commercial Question
405
Hypothecating Ones Person for a Loan 442
408
Benevolence of Goldschmid the Old
415
Artifice to Escape Bankruptcy 453
418
Bankrupt
425
Indians Idea of Imprisonment for Debt
429
Buying a Pianoforte Establishment
450
Banker os Musician
494
Goldschmids Comforting Sort of Hoax
506
Halifax the English Bankers Opinion
516
York
517
ANECDOTES OF CHANCE DEALINGS AND VENTURES
523
Speculative Frenzy of the French in John
524
Bank Notes at Ten Cents a Yard
531
Bidding on Girards Old Chaise
536
Bad Business
538
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541
StockJobbing BubblesCommercial
545
Stray Leaf from a Speculators History
553
Jack and the Dutch Tulip Speculator 523
555
The Waterloo of Auction Battles 525
562
PART XI
575
ANECDOTES OF CURIOUS TRADES AND OBJECTS OF TRAFFIC
585
Orthography behind the Counter
596
Bargaining by PantomimeTrade
603
Poor Kind of
605
Chatham Street Clo Dealers
618
PART XII
622
593
624
ITS PIONEERS VARIETIES CURIOUS RATES TERMS SUBJECTS HUMORS FANCIES
631
Apt Illustration of a Principle
638
Daniel Websters Insurance Anecdote
646
High Compliment to W R Jones as
652
PART II
657
Remarkable Sacrifice for Principle
658
ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS OF BUSINESS PURSUITS IN THEIR MONEY
669
Apprehended Embezzlements
676
Rich Reward of Integrity
677
Serious Bargain for a Clerkship
682
Bank Clerks and their Friends
684
Best Part of a Grocers Business
694
Improving a Bankers Broth 676
695
ANECDOTES OF SOME OF THE OCCUPATIONS AUXILIARY TO COM
705
A Roland for an Oliver
714
Americas First Printed Book
723
Compliment to Wharfingers
742
PAGE
747
Austen the Famous Metal Founder
748
Accommodation offered at the Bank 119 Bankers Snubbing Napoleon 87
763
Barings The bankers of London
764
Business Puffing Two Hundred Years
765
Custom House Official dealing with
766
Drawing the Specie
767
Genuine Wines
768
Perit
769
Kentucky Banker who Kept Resuming 408
770
Leaving a Case
771
Dutchmans Gold in a Safe Place at Last 551
773
Ludicrous Custom House Examinations 294
774
Quaker Merchants Idea of Privateering 132
775
111
776
309
778
478
779

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