Research Catalog

Title

Maitland collection of South Sea Company and Mississippi Scheme papers, 1669-1774, bulk (1711-1720)

Author

Maitland, Alexander, -1907.

Details

Additional Authors

• Law, John, 1671-1729.
• South Sea Company.

Description

.15 linear foot (1 v.)

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence and papers concerning the South Sea Company and the Mississippi Scheme.

Alternative Title

South Sea Company miscellaneous papers.

Subject

• Capitalism
• Debts, Public
• Finance > Great Britain
• Finance > France
• Monopolies > South America
• Restraint of trade
• France > Economic conditions > 18th century
• Great Britain > Economic conditions > 18th century

Note

• Collection formerly known as South Sea Company Miscellaneous Papers.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Maitland, Alexander

Biography (note)

• The South Sea Company was formed circa 1711 by the British government with a monopoly on trade in South America in exchange for liquidating the British national debt by selling shares in its trading enterprises and funding payment of the debt from a part of the company's capital stock. In 1721 the inflated value of the company's shares collapsed which brought on the fall of the British government and widespread financial and political ruin. The Mississippi Scheme was a rival project in France devised by the Scottish economist John Law.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 1848

OCLC

NYPW94-A30

Author

Maitland, Alexander, -1907. Collector

Title

Maitland collection of South Sea Company and Mississippi Scheme papers, 1669-1774, bulk (1711-1720)

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

The South Sea Company was formed circa 1711 by the British government with a monopoly on trade in South America in exchange for liquidating the British national debt by selling shares in its trading enterprises and funding payment of the debt from a part of the company's capital stock. In 1721 the inflated value of the company's shares collapsed which brought on the fall of the British government and widespread financial and political ruin. The Mississippi Scheme was a rival project in France devised by the Scottish economist John Law.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Mississippi Scheme.

Added Author

Law, John, 1671-1729.

South Sea Company.

Added Title

South Sea Company miscellaneous papers.

Research Call Number

MssCol 1848