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collapse of
flaws in
inadequate reserves of
investigation into
paper notes issued by
riots at
run on
taken over by Mississippi Company
Barbier (lawyer)
Barbon, Nicholas
Belle, Alexis Simon
Bentivoglio, Cardinal
Bergerie (banker)
Berkeley, George
Bernard, Samuel
Bernoulli, Jakob
Berry, Duchesse de
Bienville, de (Louisiana governor)
Bignon, Abbé
billets,
Bladen, Martin
Boswell, James
Bouchu, Madame de
Bourbon, Duc de
Law family given refuge by
Law’s edicts and
Bourbon, Duc de (cont.)
Law’s flight from France and
as Mississippi Company shareholder
Bourdon (stock dealer)
Bourse
Brussels, Law’s sojourn in
Buffett, Warren
Burges, Colonel
Buvat, J.
Byron, George Gordon, Lord
Cantillon, Bernard
Cantillon, Richard
Cardano, Gerolamo
Carignan, Prince of
Carriera, Rosalba
Carteret, Lord
Carthew, Thomas
Chamberlen, Hugh
Chamber of Justice
Chambers, Robert
Chamillard (French controller general)
Charles II, King of England
Charles Albert of Bavaria, Elector
Château d’Ivry
Chateauneuf, Marie-Anne de (“La
Duclos”)
Chaumont, widow
Chesneau, Charles
China, paper money in
Chirac (physician)
Cleghorne, George
clipping
coinage:
abolished in France
in ancient past
in common use at Law’s time
counterfeit or adulterated
exported from France
and limitations of gold and silver
as reserves for paper money
return to French reliance on
revaluations of
small-change
see also gold; silver
Colbert, Charles
Colloredo, Count
colonial America
see also Louisiana colony
Company of the West, see Mississippi
Company
Condé, Dowager Princess of
Coningsby, Earl
Conti, Prince de
copper
counterfeiting
Courtance, de (Savoy ambassador)
Coypel, Antoine
Craggs, James
Crawford (English diplomat)
credit-based financial systems
Crozat, Robert
Darien scheme
Defoe, Daniel
denier royal
Denmark
Derby, Earl of
Desmarets, Nicolas
Dillon, General
Drummond, John
Dubois, Guillaume
dueling
by Law
Dutch East India Company
Dutch West India Company
du Tot (bank officer)
East India and China Company
economics
Law’s fascination with
Edinburgh, Law family’s years in
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
England:
Law’s early years in
Law seen as threat to
Law’s return to
Law as undercover agent for
speculation in
“Essay on a Land Bank,”
Estrées, Maréchal d’,
Étampes, d’ (courtier)
Evelyn, John
Farmers General
faro
Fletcher, Andrew
France:
bank established by Law in see also Banque
Générale; Banque Royale
Chamber of Justice and punishments
in
economic recovery in
exchange rate decline and
financial crises in
foreign investors in
Law’s flight from
Law’s hopes of return to
Law’s sojourns in
migrant craftsmen in
national debt of
overseas trade and
see also Mississippi Company
plague outbreak in
revaluations in
taxes in
Gage, Joseph
Galbraith, J. K.
Galileo
galleys, as punishment
gambling:
by Law
lotteries and
probability theory and
Gazette de la Régence
General Receivers
Genonville, Nicolas de
George I, King of England
Gergy (French ambassador)
Germany, Law’s sojourns in
gold
coinage
edicts on sale, transport, or possession of
goldsmiths
Gray, W.
Greatbach, W.
Greg, William
Gresham, Sir Thomas
Gresham’s Law
Gruet (profiteer)
Guldenstein (Danish diplomat)
Halifax, Lord
Hautchamp, Barthélemy Marmont du
Herodotus
Hogarth, William
Holland
and Amsterdam’s role as commercial
capital of Europe
Law’s sojourns in
Tulipmania in
Holt, Sir John
Homberg, Wilhelm
Horn, Count Antoine Joseph de
Hôtel de Soissons
Hume, David
Ilay, Archibald, Earl of
Italy
Law’s sojourns in
Jacobites
James II, King of England
James, Henry
Johnson, Samuel
Johnston, James
King’s Bench Bar
King’s Bench prison
Lacroix (Mississippian)
la Force, Duc de
la Houssaye, Councillor Le Pelletier de
La Normande (profiteer)
La Richardière (stock dealer)
la Salle, Robert Cavalier de
Lassay, Marquis de
Lauzun, Duchesse de
Law, Alexander (great-nephew)
Law, Andrew (great-grandfather)
Law, Jean Campbell (mother)
Law, John:
arrest and imprisonment of
art collection of
assessment of
bank established in France by see also Banque
Générale; Banque Royale
birth and childhood of
death of
downfall of
in duel
economics as interest of
education of
in exile
family background of
fawned over by Parisians
financial problems of
fortune amassed by
French nationality adopted by
gambling of
generosity of
government posts held by
investigation into personal affairs of
lavish lifestyle of
local industry encouraged by
overseas trading company formed by see also
Mississippi Company
physical appearance of
political ambition of
portraits of
prison escape of
property portfolio of
public accolades for
public hatred for
religion of
royal pardon sought by
rumors about hidden riches of
sentenced to death
trial of
as undercover agent for English
vanity and egotism ascribed to
various spellings of name
will of
womanizing of
Law, John (grandfather)
Law, John (son)
Law, John (uncle)
Law, Mary Katherine (Kate) (daughter)
Law, Mrs. John, see Seigneur, Katherine,
née Knowles
Law, Rebecca Dives (sister-in-law)
Law, Violet Cleghorne
Law, William (brother)
Law, William (father)
Lawrence, Mrs.
Le Blanc, Claude
le Moyne d’Iberville, Pierre
Levinz, Sir Creswell
Lister, Martin
lit de justice
Lockhart, George
Lombards
London:
Law’s early years in
Law’s return to
Londonderry
London Journal,
lotteries
Louis XIV, King of France
Louis XV, King of France
Louisiana colony
deportations to
glossy depictions oftrading privilege with
see also Mississippi Company
Love Letters Between a Certain Late Nobleman
and the Famous Mr. Wilson,
Lovell, Sir Salathiel
Luttrell, Narcissus
Mackay, Charles
Maine, Duc de
Manon Lescaut (Prévost)
Mar, Lord
Marais (lawyer)
Marx, Karl
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Maximilian Emmanuel of Bavaria,
Elector
Mendez (moneylender)
Merchant Company
Mercoeur, Duchy of
Mère, Chevalier de
Middleton, George
Milken, Michael
Mille, Laurent de
“millionaire,” origin of word
Mirror of Folly,The,
Mississippi Company (Company of the
West)
acquisitions of
Banque Royale taken over by
capitalization of
company sales offices of
compulsory registration of shares in
crime wave blamed on
decline of
devaluation of shares in
economic recovery and
foreign investors in
fortunes made in
futures trades in
headquarters of
investigation into
Law’s scheme for
loan-backed investments in
national debt and
official support of share price of
privilege granted for
and quest for settlers in Louisiana,
rags-to-riches stories and
reduction in number of shares in
royal holding in, bought back by
company
ships of
speculation frenzy and
symbols of wealth and
tax system and mint administered by
as threat to England
see also Louisiana colony
money:
in ancient past
as functional medium
Law’s belief in
multiplicity of meanings of
trade related to supply of
wampum
see also coinage; paper money
moneylending
Money and Trade Considered with a Proposal
for Supplying the Nation with Money,
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley
Montesquieu, Charles S.
Morer, Thomas
Morse, Anthony
Murphy, Antoin
Neale, Thomas
Necker, Jacques
Newcastle, Duke of
Newgate prison
New Orleans
Newton, Isaac
Noailles, Duc de
Norris, John
Nouveau Mercure,
Oglethorpe, Fanny
Orléans, Philippe, Duc d’
bank collapse and
bank publicly supported by
devaluation furor and
Law’s bank scheme and
Law’s flight and
Law’s relationship with
Mississippi Company and
Parlement rebellion and
Regent Diamond and
Ormond, Duke of
Oxford, Earl of
Oyse, Marquis d’
Palatine, Princess
Palmstruch, Johan
paper money
and abolishing of coinage
Bank of England and
coin reserves and
collapse of Law’s system of
devaluation of
early uses of
ensuring use of
facility of making payments in
land reserves and
Law’s French bank schemes and
Law’s proposals on, for England
Law’s proposals on, for Scotland
pitfall of
public confidence in
reduction in supply of
Parabère, Madame de
Paris:
crime wave in
frenetic atmosphere of rue
Quincampoix in
Law’s first visit to
Law’s home in
Law’s years in
Pâris brothers
Parlement (France)
Parliament (Scotland)
Pascal, Blaise
Paterson, William
Pellegrini, Antonio
Pepys, Samuel
Peterborough, Lord
Petty, Sir William
Pitt, Thomas
plague
Pollnitz, Carl Ludwig von, Baron
Pope, Alexander
Portugal
Prévost, Abbé
Prie, Madame de
Prie, Marquis de
primes
probability theory
Pulteney, Daniel
Ramsay, Sir Andrew
Regent Diamond
revaluations
Richelieu, Cardinal de
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
Roxburghe, Earl of
Royal Mint
Russia
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvray
Parlement rebellion and
Regent Diamond and
Sandwich, Lord
Savoy, Victor Amadeus, Duke of
Schenk, Leon
Scotland
Law family’s years in
Law’s economic proposals forLaw’s return to
Seigneur, Katherine, née Knowles
(known as Mrs. John Law)
childbearing of
flight from France and
Law’s death and
religion issue and
as society hostess
Seymour, Conyers
Shrewsbury, Duke of
silver
coinage
edicts on sale, transport, or
possession of
Sinzendorff, Count von
Smith, Adam
South Sea Company
Spain
Squadrone Volante
Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of
Stanhope, James
State of Europe
Steuart, Sir James
Stockholm Banco
Stratford, William
Suffolk, Countess of
Sutton (English diplomat)
Sweden, paper money in
Tarente, Prince de
Temple, Sir William
Tencin, Abbé de
Tencin, Claudine de
Thompson, Sir William
tobacco
Torcy, Madame de
&n
bsp; Torcy, Marquis de
trade
French financial collapse and,
money supply and
Tresmes, Duc de
Tulipmania
Unknown Lady’s Pacquet of Letters, The,
usury
Vendôme, Duc de
Venice, Law’s sojourns in
Verelst, John
Vermalet (stock dealer)
Vernezobre (bank clerk)
Villiers, Elizabeth
Visa
Voltaire
Wallingford, Lord
Walpole, Horace
Walpole, Sir Robert
wampum
Ward, Ned
Warriston, James Johnston, Earl of
War of Spanish Succession
Watteau, Antoine
Wightman, Captain
William III, King of England
Wilson, Edward
Wilson, Miss
Wilson, Robert
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Janet Gleeson, author of the number-one Times (London) bestseller The Arcanum, was born in Sri Lanka and has a degree in art history and English. She has worked at Sotheby’s Impressionist Paintings Department and at Bonham’s Auctioneers, running the Old Masters Painting Department. She was an art and antiques correspondent for House & Garden for seven years, has been an editor at Reed Books, and has written for The Antiques Collector and many other magazines. She lives in London.