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8: History of Everything: The Tale of Timothy Dexter

History of Everything

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How Dexter Becomes Richer Than Everyone Else

By the end of the 1780s, Dexter's investment in industry had placed him 16th in the rank of Newbury port like inhabitants according to wealth and property. He then quintupled it by fivefold. By 1793, Dexter ranked fourth in wealth for his area. So he wasted no time in fully indulging himself in everything that he could. And now that he was part of that upper middle class, not upper middle classes, just upper class. The man who raised 40 massive statues of some of history's most influential individuals included things like Napoleon Bonaparte,. Alexander Hamilton? No, wood. It's not as cool, it's not stone. Oh, just wait

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