Fifty years in Wall Street — Henry Clews

Fifty years in Wall Street

Henry Clews

History
Book language: English
950 pages

Fifty Years in Wall Street is a financial history and memoir by Henry Clews, based on his long experience in New York’s money market. It covers Wall Street speculation, investment, and the financial growth of the United States, giving a participant’s view of the stock exchange and its leading figures. It offers a firsthand record of a formative era.

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Contents

FIFTY YEARS IN WALL STREET
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
DEDICATION TO THE VETERANS OF WALL STREET,
INTRODUCTORY. MY PART IN MARKETING THE UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR LOANS.
CHAPTER I. MY DEBUT IN WALL STREET.
CHAPTER II. WALL STREET AS A CIVILIZER.
CHAPTER III. HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN WALL STREET.
CHAPTER IV. IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS TRAINING.
CHAPTER V. PERSONAL HONOR OF WALL STREET MEN.
CHAPTER VI. WALL STREET DURING THE WAR.
CHAPTER VII. MORE WAR REMINISCENCES—BRITISH AND NAPOLEONIC DESIGNS.
CHAPTER VIII FOREIGN INTRIGUES AGAINST AMERICAN LIBERTY.
CHAPTER IX. SECRETARY CHASE AND THE TREASURY.
CHAPTER X. THE NATIONAL BANKS.
CHAPTER XI. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
CHAPTER XII. “CORNERS” AND THEIR EFFECT ON VALUES.
CHAPTER XIII. THE COMMODORE’S “CORNERS.”
CHAPTER XIV. DANIEL DREW.
CHAPTER XV. DREW AND VANDERBILT.
CHAPTER XVI. DREW AND THE ERIE “CORNERS.”
CHAPTER XVII. INTERESTING EPISODES IN DREW’S LIFE.
CHAPTER XVIII. PANICS.—THEIR CAUSES.—HOW FAR PREVENTABLE.
CHAPTER XIX. OLD TIME PANICS.
CHAPTER XX. THE TRUE STORY OF BLACK FRIDAY TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
CHAPTER XXI. CAUSES OF LOSS IN SPECULATION.
CHAPTER XXII. VILLARD AND HIS SPECULATIONS.
CHAPTER XXIII. FERDINAND WARD.
CHAPTER XXIV. HENRY N. SMITH.
CHAPTER XXV. KEENE’S CAREER.

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