A Treatise on Currency & Banking
To
TO
CLEMENT C. BIDDLE, ESQ.
AS A MARK OF RESPECT,
DUE TO AN ENLIGHTENED POLITICAL ECONOMIST, AND
AS A TESTIMONIAL OF A FRIENDSHIP,
COMMENCED IN CHILDHOOD, CONTINUED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS, AND STRENGTHENED BY A HARMONY OF OPINION ON MOST OF THE POLITICAL SUBJECTS THAT HAVE OF LATE DIVIDED THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES,
AND ESPECIALLY ON THOSE OF
CURRENCY AND BANKING,
THIS WORK IS, WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE
MOST AFFECTIONATE REGARD,
DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.