From the South Sea Bubble of 1720 to France’s Mississippi Company collapse and the Panic of 1873, history has repeatedly warned of the dangers of speculation, leverage and financial excess.

This so-called Panic of 1873 was followed by widespread unemployment and labor unrest. The South Mountain and Boston project was hit particularly hard in May of 1874 by the death of J. Edgar Thompson.

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