“The whole city of Edinburgh poured down upon Leith, to see the colony depart, amidst the tears, and prayers, and praises of relations and friends, and of their countrymen. Many seamen and soldiers, whose services had been refused, because more had offered themselves than were needed, were found hid in the ships, and, when ordered ashore, clung to ropes and timbers, imploring to go, without reward, with their companions.” EdinburghDarienLeithCompany Of Scotland Book:Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume II Source: Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume II
“The famous Mr. John Law, then a youth, afterwards confessed, that the facility with which he saw the passion of speculation communicate itself from all to all, satisfied him of the possibility of producing the same effect from the same cause, but upon a larger scale, when the Duke of Orleans, in the year of the Missisippi, engaged him, against his will, to turn his bank into a bubble.” SpeculationDarienJohn LawMississippi CompanyDuke Of Orleans Book:Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume II Source: Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume II