Millionaire - Janet Gleeson [112]
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
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,