The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-01-27
Doubtile-s he yfouW Have ,,ce,,,i .vyrJ a.

Doubtless he HeuH have lived tie
Life of q priyate, banker ef.. Erankfor!
, to the end but for that -fearfful u, storm
Of the French RcsoIut:on, which
swept large quantity Of the wealth Of
the french nobility into his Golfers.
During these prosp fous years he had
been gaining some thing besides fsoI-
Fey and bonds. He Rad been 3accunti-
Eiaring Mataese. ,xHc was known -
boa man as h6nest as as he sas fze-
acions. - Hisswerd.was as go6d as 7hia
bond. When, fhsrafSre, the French
enaigrants cauies bringing with fKem.
JcSels, and all that they, coaid seize
in the hprrysof departnre, land conceal
during eirfight,. itzxas in the banh.
! ing house of Rothschild that flie1nos
preeicus-of these raiaables BsteFtie-l
posted, to be by him invested or sold.
His vaults were filed with Treasure
not his own. Looking about, over
Europe for place where this, proper
ty could be safely employed, out of
range of the political tempest which.
Threatened the whole continent, he
chose the sea-girt realm of Britain.
To. that country a great part of his
capita his own, as well as that of
others--was transported, and ere long
he established in London banking
house to facilitate the Transaction of
the business resulting from the trans,
fer.
Nevertheless, he was stills only 4
private banker. No king had as yet.
paid him tribute he had taken no
government loan. His introduction
into the region of grand finance occur
red in the year 1901, when he was fif.
ty-eight years of age The richest OF
the smaller potentates of Germany at
that time was the IandgraYe of Hes
se,, who had still in his strong box
two million dollars of the money
which the English government had
paid him for the hire of the Hessian
troops in our revolution. 3 In 1S01,9
this noble soveaeign was in quest Of
a person t. manage his financial con.
Germs, and he asked one of his friends
to recommend him suitable individu&
al. It so happened that the Land7
graves friend, General Estorff, had
noticed the accuracy and good sense.
of Maier Rothschild many years be-.
fore, when the banker was banker'ss
clerk in Hanover. He recommend.
ed him for the post, and he was, sums
mOned to the Landgrave's residence,
When he arrived, it caan.ed ii at the
mighty monarch was getting badly
beaten IN a game of chess by General
Estorff. - -. q. rr.e.s,si,s
"Do you understand chess II asked
the Landgraye. SO Bss o yioa Iss
"Yes, your highness," said the
banker. AQF .s.~r-i-nsn
Then stepu here and look-atmys
game" = .4z,as So -
Rothschild obeyed, and suggested
the moves by which the game was >
easily won. - -,
1t was enough. From that time tim Il to /, !,
the end of his life, he managed, the
finances of the LardgraYe of .Hssse..
This gave him such standing, and the
use ofso much capital, that when the
Danish government in 1901 wished
to borrow ten millions of dollars he
was able to take the whole Ioan.s In :
1906. the Landgrave of Hesse,, an ally
Va tiAO AAAiS Ot-A uSSlo, WAS lily O1f6Qs :
in the ruin Of that monarch, beaten :
by Napoleon in the decisive battle of
jena. The Landgrave, obliged to
abandon his capitol, caused his trea- 4
sure to be secretly conveyed to Faarik,
fort, and deposited with Maier Roths.e
child, who in his turn had it all safely.
to London. For two or .
three yea.s he had the use of it with
utinterest on the easy condition of
keeping it safe Thus strengthened;
ne was able to undetake to supply the.
British army in the Peninsula with
money, and to make the stipulated
on behalf of the British,
to Spain and Portugal. :.
As he rended this service on terna, :
ITO its lifffcriity and
'isk, his profits were ENORMOUS = ., q
, This able and honest man died in 70
-812, aged sixty-nine years, leaving !. :
i've sons and five daughters. Since
lis death, the house has constantly
,rown in wealth and importance, and !,
he partners now live in a style which :.
would formerly have been considered
In a king. 49, 92.3'i-2 =
During the ninety-eight years which
ave elapsed since the house was q
ounded by Maier Rothschild at
it has never failed to keep y
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