Thomas Willing and the First American Financial System / Burton Alva Konkle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konkle, Burton Alva, Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--United States--History.

Banks and banking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.) : illus.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Thomas Willing and the First American Financial System".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

I. Character and Antecedents

II. Birth and Education, 1731

III. Α Philadelphia Merchant, 1749

IV. Beginnings of Public Life, 1755

V. Mayor of Philadelphia, 1763

VI. Beginnings of Revolution in Assembly, Congress, and Non-Importation, 1764

VII. A Justice of the Supreme Court, 1767

VIII. A Leader in Revolution, 1774

IX. Willing and Morris Change Places, 1776

X. Willing, Wilson, and Morris Save Washington and Independence, 1778

XI. President of The Bank of North America. 1. ESTABLISHMENT 1781

XII. President of The Bank of North America 2. BATTLE FOR CHARTER, 1785

XIII. His Autobiography, 1786

XIV. President of The Bank of North America 3. CALL TO NEW NATIONAL CHARTER, 1787

XV. President of The Bank of the United States 1. ESTABLISHMENT, 1790

XVI. President of The Bank of the United States 2. SIX YEARS AT CARPENTERS' HALL, 1792

XVII. President of The Bank of the United States 3. THE NEW BUILDING ON SOUTH THIRD STREET, 1797

XVIII. President of The Bank of the United States 4. IN JOHN ADAMS' ADMINISTRATION, 1797

XIX. President of The Bank of the United States 5. IN JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATION, 1800

XX. President Willing's Illness, Resignation and Its Effects, 1807

XXI. Willing Witnesses War and Woe, 1812

XXII. Willing Sees “The People Feel Enough to Act”, 1816

XXIII. Evening and Sunset, 1820-1821

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781512803433

151280343X

OCLC:

979743624