A Short History of Paper Money and Banking

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.

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BY WILLIAM M. GOUGE.

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Philadelphia:

PRINTED BY T. W. USTICK,

AND FOR SALE, BY GRIGG & ELLIOTT, NO. 8 NORTH FOURTH STREET, URIAH HUNT, NO. 19 NORTH THIRD ST., HOGAN & THOMPSON, NO. 139½ MARKET ST.

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1833.