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 XLIX. I FLUSTER THE GREAT JUPITER OF MY LITTLE WORLD., connecting personal narrative with the financial, legal, and prison-world setting of the period. The chapter’s opening perspective is: The successful issue of this little enterprise gave me great satisfaction. There was, of course, nothing in it for me, nor did I want anything, but it furnished me with an excellent standpoint from which to address the Home Secretary should the occasion ever arise.
This chapter is for readers following Bidwell’s memoir chapter by chapter, especially the section titled “Chapter XLIX. I FLUSTER THE GREAT JUPITER OF MY LITTLE WORLD..” 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 XLIX. I FLUSTER THE GREAT JUPITER OF MY LITTLE WORLD.” 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.