Excerpt from Liverpool Banks Bankers, 1760-1837: A History of the Circumstances Which Gave Rise to the Industry, and of the Men Who Founded and Developed It The seed laid in good ground produced mighty trees, whilst that which fell in stony ground sprang up rapidly, and as rapidly withered away. As this work is entirely a personal efl'ort, one which has its sole basis in my own research, it doubtless follows that there are errors of omis sion and commission. I am in sincere hopes that the latter are but few and inconsiderable, and trust that my business training has succeeded in ensuring the desirable accuracy of dates. As to errors of omission, I have done what I could to avoid these. But there must be in possession of local families much interest ing material bearing on the private side Of banking in the early periods, and I would take it as a courteous act if any reader, having knowledge Of such, would kindly communicate with me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.