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 XII. RESTEZ ICI, MES ENFANTS., connecting personal narrative with the financial, legal, and prison-world setting of the period. The chapter’s opening perspective is: We all landed in Liverpool in the highest spirits, and at once took the train for London, enjoying the novelty of everything. It was settled that George should pursue the venture alone in France, while I should go with Mac to Germany to act as his second there.
This chapter is for readers following Bidwell’s memoir chapter by chapter, especially the section titled “Chapter XII. RESTEZ ICI, MES ENFANTS..” 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 XII. RESTEZ ICI, MES ENFANTS.” 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.