The Origins of Commercial Banking in America,

In The Origins of Commercial Banking in America, the first full analysis of the origins of American commercial banking since Bray Hammond's monumental study forty-five years ago, Robert E. Wright skillfully examines the political and economic forces that contributed to the origins and rise of banks in cities such as Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, as well as in smaller towns servicing rural America.

Robert E. Wright teaches at the University of Virginia.

List of Illustrations

vii

List of Abbreviations

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

1

(18)

Colonial Finance and the Lack of Liquidity, 1750--1775

19

(30)

Revolutionary Change, 1750--1783

49

(28)

Three Key Crises, 1783--1787

77

(34)

Banking and Business in the 1790s and Beyond

111

(38)

Businessmen and Banking, 1790--1800

149

(38)

Conclusion

187

(6)

Epilogue: The Political Importance of Early American Commercial Banking

193

(4)

Index

197

(22)

About the Author

219

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The Origins of Commercial Banking in America, 1750-1800

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