Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison. English-only reading by default; switch among English, Chinese, and Spanish, or compare languages side by side.
This chapter develops the memoir’s account of Chapter II. “’TWAS EVER THUS.“ OF COURSE IT WAS., connecting personal narrative with the financial, legal, and prison-world setting of the period. The chapter’s opening perspective is: The situation my father had obtained for me was with a sugar broker by the name of Waterbury. He was a partner in a large refinery, his office being in South Water street.
This chapter is for readers following Bidwell’s memoir chapter by chapter, especially the section titled “Chapter II. "'TWAS EVER THUS." OF COURSE IT WAS..” It is most useful for readers interested in financial crime history, nineteenth-century banking culture, criminal justice, prison memoir, and the social setting of the period.
Read “Chapter II. "'TWAS EVER THUS." OF COURSE IT WAS.” as a historical memoir rather than guidance. The banking procedures, legal assumptions, public reputation, social judgments, travel conditions, and prison practices described belong to Bidwell’s nineteenth-century setting and may not match modern institutions.