A SHORT HISTORY OF PAPER MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF PROVINCIAL AND CONTINENTAL PAPER MONEY. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SYSTEM, WITH CONSIDERATIONS OF ITS EFFECTS ON MORALS AND HAPPINESS. THE WHOLE INTENDED AS A PLAIN EXPOSITION OF THE WAY IN WHICH PAPER MONEY AND MONEY CORPORATIONS, AFFECT THE INTERESTS OF DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY

Gouge, William M.

Published by Philadelphia, 1833

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xii, 140, 240 pp, as issued. Scattered foxing with occasional marginalia from a knowledgeable reader. Modern quarter brown morocco and marbled paper over boards. Six spine panels, gilt spine rules, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. "The first part of this work, 140 pages, is a general essay on banking; the remainder, 240 pages, is one of the original sources of American banking history for the colonial and revolutionary periods" [Larned]. The work treats banking during the colonial and early federal periods, the Panic of 1819, and in each of America's regions. A critic of banks, paper money, and corporations, Gouge found congenial surroundings as a Clerk in the Jackson-Van Buren Treasury Department. "Banking, he affirmed, simply takes loanable money out of the hands of the owners and places it under control of irresponsible corporations" [DAB, which calls this book valuable "because of the detailed description it gives of the organization of state banks and the abuses associated with their management."] A second edition, far more common than this one, was published in 1835. FIRST EDITION. Larned 2859. AI 19075 [6]. Sabin 28074. Seller Inventory # 38409

Bibliographic Details

Title: A SHORT HISTORY OF PAPER MONEY AND BANKING ...

Publisher: Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1833

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition