Part 8 (1/2)

London life: Ward, London Spy. London Spy.

History of Bloomsbury: Chancellor, The History of the Squares of London. The History of the Squares of London.

Mrs. Lawrence: Proceedings of the King and Queen's Commissions. Proceedings of the King and Queen's Commissions.

Thomas Neale: Ward; Hyde, John Law: the History of an Honest Adventurer; Dictionary of National Biography. John Law: the History of an Honest Adventurer; Dictionary of National Biography.

Probability: Bernstein, Against the G.o.ds; Against the G.o.ds; Ashton, Ashton, History of Gambling in England; History of Gambling in England; Wykes. Wykes.

Royal Mint: Chandler, Four Centuries of Banking. Four Centuries of Banking.

”Public lotteries are less bad than private ones . . .”: AS Turin Law to the Duke of Savoy, December 7, 1715, quoted by Hamilton and Murphy.

CHAPTER 4: The Duel 4: The Duel.

The events leading to the duel: Proceedings of the King and Queen's Commissions. Proceedings of the King and Queen's Commissions.

Wilson: Evelyn, Diary. Diary.

”took a great house . . .”: Gray, The Memoirs, Life and Character of the Great Mr. Law and his Brother at Paris. The Memoirs, Life and Character of the Great Mr. Law and his Brother at Paris.

Description of prison life: Ward, London Spy; London Spy; Anthony Babington, Anthony Babington, The English Bastille. The English Bastille.

”The mixtures of scents . . .”: Ward.

Lovell's personality: West, The Life and Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe.

Legal procedures: Baker, The Legal Profession and the Common Law; The Legal Profession and the Common Law; Beattie, Beattie, Crime and the Courts in England 1660-1800. Crime and the Courts in England 1660-1800.

”An accidental thing, Mr. Wilson drawing first . . .” Proceedings of the King and Queen's Commissions. Proceedings of the King and Queen's Commissions.

CHAPTER 5: Escape 5: Escape.

”Mr. Laws knows best how he made his escape . . .” PRO SP 35/20.

Dueling: Kiernan, The Duel in European History. The Duel in European History.

William's order to keep Wilson's family informed: State Papers April 22, 1694.

Warriston letters, detailing Law's trial and escape: PRO SP 35/18 fo 118; PRO SP 35/20-21.

Appeal trial reports recorded by: Leach; Skinner; Carthew; Comerbach.

Traditional version of Law's escape: Gray, The Memoirs, Life and Character of the Great Mr. Law and His Brother at Paris. The Memoirs, Life and Character of the Great Mr. Law and His Brother at Paris.

Escape attempt: Luttrell, A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs.

Escape theories: The Unknown Lady's Pacquet of Letters; The Unknown Lady's Pacquet of Letters; Hyde; alternative version discussed in Murphy, Hyde; alternative version discussed in Murphy, John Law. John Law.

CHAPTER 6: The Exile 6: The Exile.

Law's travels: du Hautchamp; Gray; Wood.

Bank of Amsterdam: Williams; Galbraith; Angell, The Story of Money. The Story of Money.

Swedish banking: Williams.

American banking: Angell.

”The present poverty . . .”: ibid.

Paris in the late seventeenth century: Lister; J. Black, The British Abroad; The British Abroad; C. Hibbert, C. Hibbert, The Grand Tour. The Grand Tour.

”a perpetual diversion . . .”: Lister.

”It is a great misfortune for a stranger”: Andrew Mitch.e.l.l quoted by Hibbert, Grand Tour. Grand Tour.

”never carried less than two bags filled with gold coins . . .”: du Hautchamp.

Katherine Knowles: Gray; Wood; Hyde; Murphy, John Law; John Law; Saint-Simon. Saint-Simon.

”a man is in general better pleased . . .”: S. Johnson, quoted by Hibbert, Grand Tour. Grand Tour.

Law's problems with authorities, and elopement with Katherine: Gray.

”Women, men and persons of all conditions . . .”: Evelyn, Diary. Diary.

”They dismiss the gamesters . . .”: quoted by Hibbert, Grand Tour. Grand Tour.

Queen Anne pet.i.tion: HMC Portland vol. VIII, pp. 320-21.