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 XVII. ONCE MORE WE SAIL THE SEAS OVER., connecting personal narrative with the financial, legal, and prison-world setting of the period. The chapter’s opening perspective is: Here in our country we know nothing of the annoyances and humbuggery of the passport system, but now, as in 1872, every person desiring to leave Brazil must be provided with a passport—if a foreigner, from his own Government; if a native, one from the government of Brazil. When ready to leave the country he must take his passport to police headquarters and get it vised, at the same time notifying the police of the st
This chapter is for readers following Bidwell’s memoir chapter by chapter, especially the section titled “Chapter XVII. ONCE MORE WE SAIL THE SEAS OVER..” 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 XVII. ONCE MORE WE SAIL THE SEAS OVER.” 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.