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Cazenove lived well as a "grand seigneur" and was known for his extreme carelessness. His business dealings in maple syrup and canals were not particularly successful and the investors barely made any profit, even losing money in the Pennsylvania land dealings which he organized with
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Although he became an American citizen in 1794, Cazenove returned to Europe in 1799. In Amsterdam, he began to archive purchase of land for the financiers. He left the employment of the Dutch investors in 1802 and sought a position under
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New Travels in the United States of America: Including The Commerce of America with Europe; Particularly with France and Great Britain. In Two Volumes
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Only a few weeks later he married Margaretha Helena van Jever (1747–1833), the daughter of a tradesman in Russia, and a member of the
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In 1792, Cazenove invested his clients' money in development bonds issued by the new states and the federal government, after
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Cazenove spent his early career in commercial transactions in France and Russia, but went almost bankrupt during the
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to travel to the United States to act as an investment agent for Stadnitski and other Dutch investors, including
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promised to pay the debt in full. Another venture included investing in large tracts of undeveloped land in
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Cazenove's correspondence, along with the records of the Holland Land Company, is held in the
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wrote: "Cazenove is a sad dirty fellow and does all the mischief he can." In 1798, he hired
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as the son of Théophile Cazenove (–1760) and Marie de Rapin-Thoyras, both French/Swiss
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with his father-in-law. In 1770, he had his portrait painted by
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Index


Amsterdam
Paris
Antoine Charles Cazenove
Holland Land Company
Westerkerk
Amsterdam
Huguenots
Paul de Rapin
Archangelsk
privateer
Marc-Michel Rey
Amsterdam banking crisis of 1763
L.P. de Neufville
Hope & Co.
vroedschap
Raamgracht
Zuiderkerk
Vevey
plantation
Surinam
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Étienne Clavière
Jacques Pierre Brissot
Pieter Stadnitski
Nicolaas and Jacob Van Staphorst
Van Eeghen
Market Street
Philadelphia
Robert Morris

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