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Other People's Money: How Banking Worked in the Early American Republic (How Things Worked) by Sharon Ann (providence College) Murphy is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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How the contentious world of nineteenth-century banking shaped the United States. Pieces of paper that claimed to be good for two dollars upon redemption at a distant bank. Foreign coins that fluctuated in value from town to town. Stock certificates issued by turnpike or canal companies—worth something . . . or perhaps nothing. IOUs from farmers or tradesmen, passed around by people who could not know the person who first issued them. Money and banking in antebellum America offered a glaring exa

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Author
Sharon Ann (providence College) Murphy
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781421421759
Category
history
Subjects
Economics, Finance, Business
Updated
2026-03-25

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