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, Volume 1

D. Appleton, 1865

Howqua senior Hong merchant	2

Smuggling by the Chinese	3

Hiding the Dollar with a Dime	7

Jeejeebhoy Jamsetjee great Parsee mer	8

Dadabhoy Jeejeebhoy Parsee banker	13

Barings The bankers of London	25

Bates Joshua of the house of Barings	33

19	35

Artful Dodge	206

Financiering in Alabama	212

Snug Place for Bank Notes	218

French Nicety in Trade Frauds	222

Stock Exchange Conspiracy	224

Hes a Country MerchantStick Him	230

Attention to Trivial Things by Girard	243

Boyhood Struggles of a Merchant Gideon	253

cisco	40

Brooks Peter C millionnaire of Boston	49

Lowell Francis C merchant of Boston 14	50

Drawing the Specie	59

The Great Bankers of the World together	60

Bussey Benjamin merchant of Boston	73

York	78

The United Job and Lazarus Bank	81

Peculiar Management of the Bank	88

An Excited Specie Hunter	97

Irishman at the Bank	98

Lafitte in a Tight Place	104

Losing a Bank Customer	110

Astors Secret Pain	116

INTEGRITY ENTERPRISE ENERGY PERSEVERANCE COURAGE SHREWDNESS PUNCTILIOUS	123

Johnsons Prejudice against Merchants 165	125

A Good BeginningOld Moses Roths	129

Merchant Patrons of Literature	130

184	137

Cooper Peter merchant of New York	143

Mohammedan Mercantile Morality	155

Tempting Business Paragraph	161

An Error in Shipping the Goods	170

PART IV	173

Arab Honesty in Business Transactions 140	181

THE RAREST INSTANCES OF INGENIOUS BUSINESS FRAUD FORGERY COUNTERFEITING	191

A Rustic bargaining for a Hat	200

Bank Teller Filing his Gold Coin	260

Jewish Opinion of Rothschild	263

The Bank Detectives Foiled	264

Bit of Yankee Financiering in Wall Street	266

Throwing Sawdust in the Eyes of Custom	270

Knowing his Customer	272

Colloquy between a Storekeeper and	275

THE EXCHANGE CUSTOM HOUSE BOARDS OF TRADE MARKETS ETC THEIR ANNALS	285

Animated Scenes at the French Exchange	293

Commercial Milk	297

ADVERTISEMENTS SIGNBOARDS TRADEMARKS TOKENS ENVELOPES LABELS INSCRIPTIONS	305

Arms and Seal of the Bank of Ireland	314

Baking and Banking	320

Celebrated Question in Commerce put	322

English Business Mottoes	326

Commencing with Three Tobacco Boxes	331

French Ideas of Advertising	332

Jacob Barker	343

Herodotus a merchant	349

Curious Division of Ships into Ounces	350

Thomas Gray the Originator of Railways	354

Female Shipmaster from Cape Horn	360

Railway Politeness Scale of 876	371

Corning Erastus merchant of New York	375

Largest Ship Owner in England 355	381

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Title	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, Volume 1 Volume 1 of Cyclopaedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting Reminiscences and Facts, Remarkable Traits and Humors and Notble Sayings, Dealings, Experiences, and Witticisms of Merchants, Traders, Bankers, Mercantile Celebrities, Millionnaires, Bargain Makers, Etc., Etc. in All Ages and Countries, Richard Miller Devens Volume 1 of Cyclopædia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes, Richard Miller Devens 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, Richard Miller Devens
Author	Richard Miller Devens
Publisher	D. Appleton, 1865
Original from	Princeton University
Digitized	17 Jul 2008

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