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Dissertations on government, the affairs of the bank, and paper-money by the author of Common sense
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Td* 1779-1795
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
- Series:
- [Miscellaneous pamphlets ; v. 730, no. 12]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bank of North America.
- Political science.
- Paper money.
- Physical Description:
- 2 p. leaves, 53 p. ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by C. Cist. And sold by Hall & Sellers, R. Aitken and W. Prichard., 1786.
- Notes:
- The bank referred to is the Bank of North America, organized by Robert Morris in 1781, the charter of which had been annulled in 1784, but was renewed in 1786. On Paine's attitude toward the institution cf. W.G. Sumner, The financier and finances of the American revolution, v. 2, p. 189; Conway, Life of Paine, v. 2, p. 466, and Writings of Paine, ed. by Conway, v. 2, p. 132.
- Local Notes:
- Gilpin Branch.
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