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| CHAPTER IV.—BUSINESS LIFE |
64 |
| My Father's Office |
64 |
| Financial Panics, 1857-1866 |
65 |
| 1861—Wrecked in the "Great Eastern" |
67 |
| 1861—Arrested in New York |
69 |
| Leech, Harrison and Forwood |
71 |
| My brother Arthur |
72 |
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| CHAPTER V.—PUBLIC LIFE, 1867 |
78 |
| 1868—President Philomathic Society |
78 |
| Professor Huxley |
78 |
| 1868—Elected to the Town Council: Early Experiences |
79 |
| Chamber of Commerce: |
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| 1870—Elected Vice-President |
80 |
| 1871-1874—President of the Chamber |
80 |
1878-1881—Elected President of the
re-constituted Chamber by the votes of the
subscribers to the Exchange News Room |
80 |
| 1870—Fellow Royal Statistical Society |
80 |
| 1872—President of the American Chamber of Commerce |
81 |
1873—Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Northern
Towns on Railway Rates |
81 |
1877—President United Cotton Association, the precursor
of the Cotton Association |
82 |
| 1877—President of the International Cotton Convention |
83 |
| 1880—Mayor of Liverpool |
83 |
| Visit of General Sir Frederick Roberts |
83 |
| Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales |
84 |
| The Opening of the North Docks |
84 |
| Fenian Scare |
85 |
| 1903—Lord Mayor |
87 |
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| CHAPTER VI.—THE FENIAN TROUBLES |
88 |
| 1882—Attempt to blow up the Town Hall |
88 |
| Infernal Machines |
90 |
| The Pensioner's cork leg |
91 |
| Thanks of the Home Secretary |
92 |
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| CHAPTER VII.—THE TOWN COUNCIL |
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