tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post6149664454098889002..comments2023-04-29T04:48:18.973-07:00Comments on Theodosia and the Pirates: Meanwhile, back in Baltimore...Aya Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-27794825048254512042014-03-22T06:19:42.077-07:002014-03-22T06:19:42.077-07:00Thanks, Julia. This is more background information...Thanks, Julia. This is more background information than actually what the second half of Theodosia and the Pirates is about. Xavier Mina does figure in the story very briefly, as he and Jean Laffite had some dealings in Galveston before Mina set off to liberate Mexico and was captured and shot. But it is also important to understand the economic ramifications of the Mina expedition to ordinary American investors. <br /><br />1816 was a bad year for crops, as there was no summer. It was a bad year to invest in Mexican revolutionaries. Is it any wonder that the Panic of 1819 soon followed? People say it was due to the banks not being regulated. But I think it was just part of the natural fluctuations in the economy that follow natural fluctuations in the weather. Not all problems are man made. Even those that are can best be solved by letting things work themselves out.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-25267046390588925592014-03-21T21:02:57.831-07:002014-03-21T21:02:57.831-07:00Interesting to read your thoughts on this issue. ...Interesting to read your thoughts on this issue. I guess this will foreshadow a bit more what the next book is going to be about.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.com