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The Rothschild Dynasty 51
sons in cooperation with their uncles abroad. To each of
his daughters he left $500,000, which was to be forfeited
if they married without the consent of their mother and
brothers.
There were no legacies to his employees and no
charitable bequests. . . the first occasion on which Nathan
assisted the English Government was in 1819, when he
undertook the loan of $60 million. From 1818 to 1832,
Nathan issued eight loans for the sum of $105,400,000.
With Spain, or the South American states that had
formerly acknowledged the Spanish flag, he would never
have anything to do. The explanation of some historians
is that it was because of the Spanish Inquisition. One
cause of his success was the torturous policy with which
he misled those who watched him.
In 1831 Nathan Mayer took control of the quicksilver
mines of Idria in Austria, and simultaneously similar
mines in Almadena, in Spain. Thus all the mercury,
indispensable as medicine, was in his hands, and he
doubled and trebled its price. It had terrific consequences
upon the sick and the suffering of all nations price.. .
Another accurate reporter of the Rothschilds was M.
Martin whose book, Stories of Banks and Bankers gave
some interesting facts. Nathan never paid his employees a
cent more than was necessary for their subsistence or at
least not a farthing more than they would compel him to
pay.
Writing about Lionel Rothschild, Reeves made the
following comments in his book, pages 205-207: