A Quote by L. M. Boyd

Think today's interest rates are high? The Pilgrims borrowed $7000 from a London company of 70 investors in 1620, and devoted the next 23 years to repaying it at 43 percent.

L. M. Boyd

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L. M. Boyd
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June 9, 1927 - January 22, 2007

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