Silas Thorne was not a trusted man. He was a cotton factor on Tchoupitoulas Street, which meant he sat between the sweating planter and the spinning mill, taking a pinch from both. His rivals called him “The Arithmetician” because he never made a deal without a column of figures. But what they didn't know was that his figures were not earthly.
On August 24, 1857, a New Orleans factor named Beauregard Tilton was nervous. Prices had been artificially high. He opened his copy of Crowe’s book at 11:02 AM and asked: "Will the speculative bubble burst before the autumn equinox?" Horary Numerology As Applied To Cotton Market Book
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