Frederick Huth & Company, 1809-1936. The partial history of a City of London merchant bank

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Author(s) Hawkins, John W
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2015
Pages 224pp; illus
Publisher The author
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Informed history focusing especially on the formative years of the business and the last thirty years of its existence in the early 20th century. The chapters include: 'Origins of the firm, 1800-12'; 'Global trade, 1812-50'; 'US trade and finance, 1835-50'; 'International Financial Society, 1863-84'; 'The missing decades, 1850-1900; 'The early twentieth century, 1900-14'; 'War and aftermath, 1914-22'; 'Konig Brothers, 1899-1922'; 'Decline and fall, 1922-36'