Liverpool banks [and] bankers, 1760-1837, a history of the circumstances which gave rise to the industry, and of the men who founded and developed it

LIVERPOOLar BANKERSBANKSIssue isThu Large Paperlimited to One Hundredthis onewhichofCopies,is Noi8thA LIVERPOOL BANKER, Century.LIVERPOOLyBANKS BANKERS1760-1837OFA HISTORY THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICHGAVE RISE TO THE AND OF THEINDUSTRY,MEN WHO FOUNDED AND DEVELOPED ITBYJOHN HUGHESILLUSTRATED WITH 26 PORTRAITS AND VIEWS"Std widttieet itaAumanum faeiitaitifftniui* ttt, putarrHtcd taltbrit: utnviatit ttrta,LIVERPOOLHENRY YOUNG W SONSLONDONKENT A Ln.HAMILTON, CO.,SIMPKIN, MARSHALL,1906PREFACEIN this work aim has been tocompiling my give,but a connected account of thebriefly clearly,and of all the banks oforigin progress privateto show who and what were the severalLiverpool,and to short accounts of theirpartners, giverelations. It is an tofamily attempt placeon record succinct not to benotices,biographicalfound in such ofelsewhere,completeness Liverpoolmaterials have beenbankers. The aftergarnered,from sources.and numerouspatientlong quest,The most .fertile source has been the newspapersof the of which in all about one hundredperiod,And to the advertise-have been studied.yearsin no small measure am I indebted for factsmentswhich have illumined the in which thegloomof rested. But thehistory Liverpool bankingof the times the newspapersvery spirit precludedfrom other than cautious inbeing ...