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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Law, John 1671-1729 (search)
Law, John 1671-1729 Financier; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April, 1671. He killed Edward Wilson in a duel, April, 1694, in London; was found guilty of murder, but fled to the Continent, where he became a gambler. During his travels over Europe he was an enthusiastic advocate of original schemes for banking and for the issue of paper money. With others, he established, in Paris, the Banque Generale, in May, 1716. Notes were accepted in payment for taxes, and they even commanded a premium over specie. About the same time he secured control of the French territory in America called Louisiana. In 1717 the Compagnie d'occident was incorporated for the purposes of trade and colonization. This enterprise became known as The Mississippi scheme, or The system. Not long after this the same company got control of the East India and China companies, which were then called Compagnie des Indes. It also absorbed the African Company, the mint, and the powers of the receivers-general
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston, Edward 1764- (search)
he jail would have overflowed. In the evening, as one Thomas Burn, who was employed as a weaver in a factory near Lancaster, was going home, he was met by one Wilson, with whom he had some previous misunderstanding, when Wilson drew a knife and gave him divers stabs, in sundry places, which are considered mortal. Wilson was aWilson drew a knife and gave him divers stabs, in sundry places, which are considered mortal. Wilson was apprehended and committed to jail, and had the same irons put on him which had scarcely been laid off long enough by Lechler to get cold. History presents to us the magic glass on which, by looking at past, we may discern future, events. It is folly not to read; it is perversity not to follow its lessons. If the hemlock had noWilson was apprehended and committed to jail, and had the same irons put on him which had scarcely been laid off long enough by Lechler to get cold. History presents to us the magic glass on which, by looking at past, we may discern future, events. It is folly not to read; it is perversity not to follow its lessons. If the hemlock had not been brewed for felons in Athens, would the fatal cup have been drained by Socrates? If the people had not been familiarized to scenes of judicial homicide, would France or England have been disgraced by the useless murder of Louis or of Charles? If the punishment of death had not been sanctioned by the ordinary laws of those