OBSERVATIONS ON THE FINANCIAL POSITION AND CREDIT OF SUCH OF THE STATES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION AS HAVE CONTRACTED PUBLIC DEBTS: COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SUMS RAISED BY EACH STATE HAVE BEEN APPLIED, AND A CONSIDERATION OF THE PROBABLE EFFECTS OF SUCH APPLICATION UPON THE GENERAL WEALTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY.
London: printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 26th December, 1839. First edition. 8vo. viii, 453 pp., (1, errata) pp.; additional errata slip tipped-in. Folding frontispiece map, with states outlined by hand-coloring. A very complete look at American finances from the public level, examining state and Federal trade, credit..... More