Twenty years among the bulls and bears of Wall street (1870) (14776679474)

Identifier: twentyyearsamong00smit (find matches)
Title: Twenty years among the bulls and bears of Wall street
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Smith, Matthew Hale, 1810-1879
Subjects: Securities industry
Publisher: Hartford, J. B. Burr & company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization



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\ : A , ■ ■! . IIHII TWENTY YEARS AMONG THE Bulls and Beaks OF WALL STREET. BY MATTHEW HALE SMITH, LL.D, : Such fact?, more strange than fictions dreams, begotWithin the Poets wierd, romancing mind,Need but th unveiling hand, strike the worldWith wonder and delight, or thrill the heartWith dread.— Here writ are witching tales of truth.1 In lust for lucre lurk the darkest wiles,The base and deepest passions of the soul. HARTFORD : J. B. BURR <5c COMPANY. 1870. As.s<o5 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by • J. B. BURR AND COMPANY, In the Clerks Office of the United States for the District of Connecticmt. Entered also at Stationers Hall, London, England. WILLIAM H. LOCKWOOD, Elc«trotyp<T, EilirOlD, COSH. INTRODUCTORY. One hundred and eighty-five years ago the short, narrow, and un-attractive looking thoroughfare, known as Wall Street, was laid out,when Dongan was Governor of His Majestys Colonies. It sprangat once into importance, as thetwentyyearsamong00smit