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The bizarre tale of Timothy Dexter

So everyone's heard of self-made millionaires, right? But have you heard about Timothy Dexter, the luckiest businessman of the 18th century? Dude was an uneducated farm boy who married a wealthy widow and 'invested' in pure nonsense. By pure chance, he made a fortune by shipping **coal to Newcastle**, which …
submitted 12 months ago by historyfreak1987
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