The dedication, to the leading merchant and financier Abraham Goldsmid
, who nobly supports the eminent character of a British Merchant; and renders himself an honour to this glorious land of commerce, is deeply ironical...
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28 September 1810: Abraham Goldsmid, a London banker, committed...
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28 September 1810
Abraham Goldsmid
, a London banker, committed suicide; his suicide was symptomatic of the current financial collapse.