George "Chicago" Smith

I AM 75% of the Illinois Territorial Economy

(A fictional recreation of the Scottish financier) #MitchellsMKE

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

Shouts to my boy @AMitchCurling for being the richest man in WI #MitchellsMKE #MoneyMoves

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

@RailmanMKE #MitchellsMKE

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

@AMitchCurling We’re closing the Chicago Bank for a Thanksgiving Holiday #MitchellsMKE #TurkeyDay

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

@AMitchCurling Totally not a bank *wink #MitchellsMKE #MoneyMoves

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

@AMitchCurling We are gonna be so rich #MitchellsMKE #MoneyMoves

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

@AMitchCurling Amazing you’re hired. I need a secretary to run my insurance company that’s totally not a bank. #MitchellsMKE #DontSayTheBWord

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

Problem: “the name bank is as hateful [in the Wisconsin Territory] as a king was in Rome… but the thing is a boon they need and will welcome” #MitchellsMKE #DontSayTheBWord 1/4

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

Also, I’m getting too old for the Atlantic voyages, I need to find someone to manage this new venture for me. #MitchellsMKE 3/4

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

So I say to Daniel Wells, “get me a charter with franchises as like a bank as you can, but call it what you will.” #MitchellsMKE #DontSayTheBWord 2/4

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

We need to go home and get some of that Aberdeenshire capital #MitchellsMKE #SpecieIsKing #OldWorldNewGeorge

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

A guy could make a lot of money around here if he had enough coin… #MitchellsMKE #SpecieIsKing

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

Buying and selling land like it's my job, oh wait it is... #MitchellsMKE #LakeshoreLands

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

Nothing going in New York, westward ho! #MitchellsMKE #ChicagoBound

[George "Chicago" Smith @ChiMoneyGeorge]

As we Scots say, "a poor man must look in every direction" and this poor man is heading to New York #MitchellsMKE #NewWorldSameGeorge