Excerpt from The Writings of William Paterson, Founder of the Bank of England, Vol. 1 of 2 Freeholder to have also published his important works anonymously. In his case, as in other curious instances, the credit of such writings has been unsern pulously taken for others than their authors. The authorship of the present works is given to Paterson upon proofs adduced with the less hesitation, as it would be difficult to account for the reputation he once enjoyed for capacity in the higher branches of calculation, unless, in ...
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Excerpt from The Writings of William Paterson, Founder of the Bank of England, Vol. 1 of 2 Freeholder to have also published his important works anonymously. In his case, as in other curious instances, the credit of such writings has been unsern pulously taken for others than their authors. The authorship of the present works is given to Paterson upon proofs adduced with the less hesitation, as it would be difficult to account for the reputation he once enjoyed for capacity in the higher branches of calculation, unless, in the absence of very great wealth and the weightiest mercantile standing and political power, at least writings Of this character could be traced to him. The strong evidence depended upon only fa vours a fact which is in itself in a high degree probable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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