Abraham Newland
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abraham-newland-172-8391921
title:
Abraham Newland
text:
Abraham Newland was the chief cashier at the Bank of England from 1782 to 1807. The expression "an Abraham Newland" came to mean a bank note, because without his signature, a Bank of England note was not negotiable. Abraham was the son of William Newland and Anne Arnold. His father was a Southwark baker. He slept in the Bank of England itself for 25 years, so he was largely a stranger to his own house adjoining Highbury Fields. When he resigned in 1807, he declined an annuity but accepted a 1000
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wiki
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English banker
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Newland
date created:
2005-12-21T12:53:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T21:30:32Z
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