Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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Page 361
... banks by the financial " monster . " They knew that in the past state banks provided the large amounts of currency needed for speculation ; all were authorized to print banknotes - or paper currency - on the basis of a specie reserve ...
... banks by the financial " monster . " They knew that in the past state banks provided the large amounts of currency needed for speculation ; all were authorized to print banknotes - or paper currency - on the basis of a specie reserve ...
Page 366
... banks were chartered in Ohio during the decade , fifty in Michigan , and smaller numbers in other western states . The South succumbed to the mania as thoroughly as the West . Credit was needed there not only for public works but for ...
... banks were chartered in Ohio during the decade , fifty in Michigan , and smaller numbers in other western states . The South succumbed to the mania as thoroughly as the West . Credit was needed there not only for public works but for ...
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... Bank of the United States closed its doors in September , 1839 , with $ 5,000,000 in unpaid obligations . In the flurry of panic that followed hundreds of banks fol- lowed its example or suspended specie payments . Business houses fol ...
... Bank of the United States closed its doors in September , 1839 , with $ 5,000,000 in unpaid obligations . In the flurry of panic that followed hundreds of banks fol- lowed its example or suspended specie payments . Business houses fol ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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