Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)Louis Morton Hacker Van Nostrand, 1961 V. 1. From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)--v. 2. The problems of a world power (the 20th century). |
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... hands of the Secretary of the Treasury for redemption . Besides that , the banks have to keep on hand twenty - five per cent . in lawful money . The Senator from Kentucky [ Mr. POWELL ] proposes to make that gold and silver ; but that ...
... hands of the Secretary of the Treasury for redemption . Besides that , the banks have to keep on hand twenty - five per cent . in lawful money . The Senator from Kentucky [ Mr. POWELL ] proposes to make that gold and silver ; but that ...
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... hand methods of production were still in force . In the U. S. the tendency of the artisan class to abandon the slow hand processes has been as strong as the tend- ency elsewhere has been to adhere to them . Moreover , there has ...
... hand methods of production were still in force . In the U. S. the tendency of the artisan class to abandon the slow hand processes has been as strong as the tend- ency elsewhere has been to adhere to them . Moreover , there has ...
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... hand , to produce the amount of work done in its factory by sixty employees , and that the handwork would not compare in workmanship and appearance by fifty per cent . By the use of Goodyear's sew- ing machine for turned shoes one man ...
... hand , to produce the amount of work done in its factory by sixty employees , and that the handwork would not compare in workmanship and appearance by fifty per cent . By the use of Goodyear's sew- ing machine for turned shoes one man ...
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Economic Provisions of the Constitution of | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 13 |
Establishing the First Bank of the United States | 21 |
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