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WILLIAM PATERSON, 



THE MERCHANT STATESMAN, 

 AND FOUNDER OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. 



BY S. BANNISTER, M. A. 

 Formerly Attorney-General of New South Wales. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" The Life of Paterson is an interesting episode in the history of his 

 age." — Athenaeum. 



" William Paterson was among the wisest men of his age, and this 



biography is a fitting memorial of his patriotism and genius 



This Biography, intrinsically valuable and interesting to all classes, is 

 peculiarly welcome as a book for the instruction and encouragement of 

 the young." — The Leader. 



" William Paterson was evidently a man of great enterprise, ori- 

 ginality, firmness, and sense ; his career was full of strange vicissitudes ; 

 he powerfully affected the fortunes of Scotland during a quarter of a 

 century ; he was brought into contact with the most eminent men of 

 his day."— Saturday Eeview. 



" However acquired, Paterson possessed considerable knowledge, both 

 of history and of the principles of trade and currency of a sound kind. 

 .... It is only within these few years that his liberal free-trade notions 

 have been reduced to practice, if they are now On a more diffi- 

 cult, because a less palpable subject than free trade, namely, currency, 

 Paterson's ideas were not only in advance of many theorists of his age, 

 but of ours also." — Spectator. 



" William Paterson, driven by religious persecution from his native 

 land, at an early age zealously took to mercantile matters, and became 

 opulent at the We-^L Indies. He then settled in London. Iksides found- 

 ing the Bank of England, he originated the ill-managed Darien Colony; 

 constructed the Sinking Fund of 1717 ; started a Company, still in ex- 

 istence, to supply the north of London with water from the Hampstead 

 Hills ; and wrote several admirable letters upon trade and finance." — 

 Morning Post. 



" Mr. Bannister's Life of Paterson is, on the whole, to be commended 

 for the pains spent on its execution. It is a valuable little book." — The 

 Examiner. 



" Now that commercial integrity is at a very low ebb, the young and 

 aspiring merchant may study with advantage the life and conduct of 

 such men as William Paterson, who, amidst the struggles and adversities 

 of a laborious career, maintained his honour and integrity of character 

 to the last." — Monetary Times and Bankers' Circular. 



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