histories of currency and banking (u.s.)

HISTORY OF NON-TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF MONEY AND BANKINGIN EARLY YEARS OF U.S.

1. General narratives, viz. Bolles, Devey2. Special Studies, viz. Simmer (Revolution(

and Lewis (Bk. of N.A.)contributions of Alexander Hamilton

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LEADING U.S. STUDENTS OF AMERICAN BANKING HISTORY

VHITE, DEWEY, CHADDOCK, ROOT, SUMNER


Author FileAGGER. E. E.

Our experience with money heresies, JOURNAL OFTHE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION,

September, 1922•U pp.

resume of inflationary movements infinancial history of U.S.


AGGER, E. E.

rtOur experience with money heres ies , ' 1

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION,September, 1922. Pp. 4 .

A brief resume of in f la t ionary movements in thehistory of the U.S.


ofVol.

>f2~Y pp. / - /4


BAKEVELL, Paul, Jr.

PAST AND PRESENT FACTS AbOUT MONEY IN THEUNITED STATES. New York: Macmillan, 1936.

History of money in the U.S., 1792-193


BANKERS MAGAZINE

Vignettes of banking histoiy.

November 1936.

28


BARBER, A. V.

A Century of Deposit Banking, BANKERS1

MAGAZINE-,April, 1944.

7 pp.


BECKHAET, B. H.

^Outline of Banking History—From theFirst Bank of the United States Through the Panicof 1907* " THE ANNALS of the American Academy ofPolitical and Social Science, Vol« XCII, January1922 •


BECKHART, B. H.

"Outline of Banking; History—From the First Bankof the United States Through the Panic of 1907,"THE ANNALS OF M B AMBfUOAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL& SOCIAL SCIENCE, Vol. XCIX, January, 1922.


BOLLES, A. S.

THE FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1774-1385. 3 Volumes. New York: D. Appleton & Co. ,1386.

Government finance


BRINTON, Crane

THE HISTORY OF PAPER MONEY TO THE WAR (biblio-graphical) JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY,September 1934-•

11pp.


f Charles J -

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TH£


BOLLOCK, C. J. AuthOr

ESSAYS ON THE MONETARY HISTORY OF THE UNITEDSTATES. London and

New York: The Macraillan Co..1900. Pp. x, [iij 292.


BULLOCK, Charles J.

ESSAYS ON THE MONETARY HISTOEY OF THE UNITEDSTATES. New York: Macmillan, 1900. p p. x, (ii) -f 292.


CALLENDER, Guy S.

Early transportation and banking enterprises inrelation to the growth of corporations, QUARTERLYJOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, XVII, November, 1902, pp. 111-162.


CLARKE, M. St. Clair and HALL, D. A.

LEGISLATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THEBANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

Pre-Civil War Banking History


CONANT, Charles A.

THE HISTORY OF MODERN BANKS OF ISSUE.New York:

5th ed., with new chapters on the FederalReserve Act and the banks in the EuropeanWar, 1915. Pp. 780.

HISTORY OF BANKING

For past 20 years (since 1895) the standard work, inEn||ish on the history of banking•

Contains special chaps, on each of the leadingEuropean banking systems as well as the nationaland state banking systems in the U.S,

Special chaps, are devoted to the crises of the19th century and the crisis of 1907.

Added chaps, in this ed. describe measures taken tomaintain credit during European War of 1914


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Mfivers/A, rnr3s /<)//,


DAY, J. ?.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THii MONEY AND BANKINGSYSTEM OF THI ONITIX STATES. London: Macraillan,193 I . ?p. 120.


DeKNIGHT, William F.

HISTORY OF THE CURRENCY OF THE COUNTRY AND OF THELOANS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODTO June 30, 1896. Washington: Government PrintingOffice, 1896.


DEL MAR, A.

The evolution of national money and itsclimax in the federal reserve system, JOURNAL OFTHE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION,

July, 1917.


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\ Charles //* nerr 9- (#.


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DEWEY, Davis R.

FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915*

On development of banking in the U.S.

Emphasis is on public finance


DEWEY, Davis Rich (1853-1942).

FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

1st ed., 1S04.13th ed., 1941.


DEWEY, Davis R.

FINMCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Nev York: Longmans, 12th ed., 1934.. Pp. xxxviii, 600,


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DUNBAR, Charles F*

THE THEORY AHD HISTORY OF BANKING. New York:

-4th ed., 1922.

chp. 12 on Federal Reserve System


DUNBAR, Charles F.

THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF BANKING. ThirdEdition. Enlarged tyr 0. M. W. Sprague. New York andLondon: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.


DUNBAR, C. F.

THE THEOKT AND HISTOBI OF BANKING, ¥ith chapterson foreign exchange and central banks, by 0. M, ¥•Sprague^ Styplementary chapter presenting the recordof the Federal Reserve System, by H. Parker Willis.Nev York, Putnam, 1922.

321 pp.


DUNBAR, Charles F.

CHAPTERS ON THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF BANKING.New York and London: G. P . Putnam's Sons, 1902.


DUNBAR, Charles P.

ECONOMIC ESSAYS- Edited by O.M.tf. Sprague .with an introduction by F. W. Taussig. New York:

1904. Pp. xviii, 572.

Early banking schemes in EnglandThe Bank of VeniceAmounts of the first bank of the United StatesDeposits as currencyThe bank note questionThe safety of legal tender paperThe national banking systemCan we keep a gold currency? over

The crisis of 1857The crisis of i860.State banks in I860.The establishment of the national banking system.The circulation of the national bank.


DUNBAR, C h a r l e s F .

CHAPTERS ON THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF BANKING.New York and London,

1893.


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FE&VEAMEAR A E. and R. G. Hawtrey

2 essays by A.E.F. and one by R.G^ H. on Britishand Ajnerican banking and finance from end of 18thcentury.

in European Civilization: Its Origin and Development.Vol. V. ECONOMIC HISTOHT OF E&BOPE SINCE THE

8EK>HKATION. IWv Xorks Oacford TJ. Press, 1937.

E» 5jrre, Director


FROST, H.

EVOLUTION OF THE DOLLAR; A BRIEFOUTLINE OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOBEYAND MONETARY STANDARDS. Chicago:

1927.


GILBAET, J. V.

THE HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BANKING.London: George Bell & Sons, new ed., 1882.

1930.

origins of modern banking, chs. 1-10.


GOUGE, V. M.

A SHORT HISTORY OF PAPER MONET AND BANKING INTHE UNITED STATES. New York: Collins, 1835.


GOUGE, William M.

A SHORT HISTORY OF PAPER MONEY AND BANKINGIN THE UNITED STATES. Philadelphia:

1833.


GOUGE, W. M.

A SHOBI HISTOBI OF PAPER MONET AND BANKING INTHE UNITED STATES. Phi ladelphia: T. V. Ust i ck ,1833.


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HAMILTON, Alexander

THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURYON THE SUBJECT OF A NATIONAL BANK. Read in the Houseof Representatives, December 13, 1790. New York:S. Vhiting & Co., 1811.


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Qnd short*-term Credit t+t

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HAMMOND, Brey

"Long and short-term credit in early Americanbanking," QJARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS,November, 1934-•

25 pp.


HARDING, W. P. G.

Federal Banking Legislation in the UnitedStates, 1791-1913, THE CANADIAN BANKER, vol. 35,July, 1928.


HEALD, H. V.

OF THE UNITED STATES; AN HISTORICAL ANDDESCPlWlVl ACCOUNT OF MOMEY AND ITS SUBSTITUTES FROMEARLY COLOwIAL DAYS TO THE PRESENT TIME. Booklet No.203. Washington: Veshington Service Bureau,Pp. 30.


HEALD, H. V.

MONEI OF THE UNITED STATES; ANHISTOBICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MONEI ANDITS SUBSTITUTES FROM EARLY COLONIAL DATS TOTHE PEESENT TIME. Booklet No. 208.Washington* Washington Washington ServiceBureau, 1942.

30 pp.


HEPBURN, Alonzo B.

A HISTORY OP CURRENCY IN THE UNITED STATES-Revised edition - with new chapters on the monetary .and financial developments in the United States from1914 to 1922 and a preface by Mrs* Hepburn on theauthor1 s relation to the establishment of the federalreserve system. New York* The Macmillan 0o» , 1924,

575 PP-

Bibliography, pp. 545-564•

FEDERA: RESERVE iP:OCU AMD F£


HEPBURN, A* Barton

A HISTORY OF CDEBENCI IH THE TOTTED STATES*New Xoxk* The Macaillan Company, 1915 • Pp* xv +552.

e d . , 1 9 2 ^Review: (19J5 ed . ) (unsigned) JOURNAL OF POLITICAL

ECONOMY, v . 24, March, 1916, pp . 3 U - 1 2 .

This i s en outgrovth of h i s e a r l i e r book, THE CONTEST>Cf< SOUND CUBPiLNCY On development of Banking in U.S*l u l brought up- to -da te .

Historical and descriptive ratherthan theoretical

Contents:

(1)

Coinage laws and operations,

1776-1900•

(2) The issue of

paper currency

and legal tender notes to 189C

(3) The history of the National

Banking

System

(4-) The *ree silver controversy,

1873 1900, and attempts of the

U»S# to

negotiate a

bimetal-

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standard with

Europe.

(5)

Gold Standard Act of 1900.

(6)

Defencts of the old

system and

the remedial effects of F.R.S.

Brief a/c of U.S. currency and

banking operations in crisis

of 1914. The issue of

Aldrich-Vreeland notes


HELDERMAN, Leonard C.

NATIONAL AND STATE BANKS. A STUDY OF THEIRORIGINS. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.,1931. Pp. xi, 178.

Hart, Schaffner & Marx Prize Essay


HELEEBMAS, L. C.

NATIOW.L AND STATE BANKS: A STUDY OF THEIRORIGINS. Bostons Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Pp. x,1.73.

Review: by P. A. Bradford, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,XXI, Sept., 1931, p. 543.

Hart, Schaffner & Marx prize essay, .19*9.covers period from panic of 1837 dovn to est-ablishment of the national banking system


of Coinage. Qn<J

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SbrYs y Tke Jo^in Day Company ,


HOGGSON, N. F.

EPOCHS IN AMERICAN BANKING. New Tork:1929. Pp. 254.


HOGGSON, Noble F o s t e r

BANKING THROUGH THE AGES. New York:Dodd, Meade & C o . , 1 9 2 6 .


HOGGSON, N. F .

BANKING THROUGH THE AGES. New York:1 9 2 6 . P p . 1 2 8 .


HOLDSVORTH, John Thorn

MONEY AND BANKING.

See chap. 9 of p a r t 2 on "Or ig in andEvolu t ion of Banking" d e a l i n g wi thearly U.S. banking history


HOWE, R. H.

THE EVOLUTION OF BANKING: A STUDY OF THE DEVELOP-MENT OF THE CREDIT SYSTEM. Chicago:

1915. Pp. 192.


KEMMERER, E, ¥•

Issue of emergency currency in the UnitedStates, ECONOMIC JOURNAL,

December,


KNOX, J. J.

A HISTORY OF BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES:assisted y a corps of financial writers in variousstates; the entire work carefully revised and broughtup to date by B. Rhodes and £• M. Youngman. NewYork:

1900. Pp. xxii, 880.

On development of banking in U.S.


KNOX, John Jay (Comptroller of Currency)

A HISTORY OF BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES.York: Bankers Publishing Co., 1900. Pp. 980.

Edited by Elmer H. Youngman.

HISTORY OF BANKING

Very comprehensive collection of data on thebanking development of U.S. Gives full accounts ofthe state systems before the Civil War, and describesthe evolution of the national system from its foundationin 1864. to 1900. Many sidelights are given on theevolution of the banking systems of the various states.


KNOX, John Jay

A HISTORY OF BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES.New York: Bradford Thodes & Company, 1900.


John J<*1


KNOX, J. J.

Banking in the United States, CYCLOPEDIA OFPOLITICAL SCIENCE, POLITICAL ECONOMY AND HISTORYOF THE UNITED STATES. Chicago:

1381-84.Vol. I, pp. 204-22.


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KROOS, Herman E.

Capital accuniulation ami the develapaeirt o£f inancia l ias t i ta i t ions , chapter 8 in AMERICAN ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT. Englevood Cl i f f s , New Jersey: Pren t ice -Hall , I n c . , c* 1955-


McKEE, Samuel, Jr. (Editor'PAPERS ON PUBLIC CREDIT, COMMERCE AND FINANCE

BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON, New York: Columbia UniversityPress, 1934. Pp. xxviii, 303.

Review: by Arthur H. Cole, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY,vol. A3, June, 1935, pp. 401-2.


MILLER, Harry Edvard

THEORIES OF BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE1860.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1927.


MUHLEMAN, Maurice L.

BANKING SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD; A REVIEW OF THEBANKING SYSTEMS, THEIR METHODS OF ISSUING NOTES, ANDSAFEGUARDS PROVIDED THEREFORj INCLUDING AN ACCOUNTOF THE FORMER CENTRAL BANKING SYSTEM W THE UNITEDSTATES. New Yorkj

1908.


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F*eU


NOYES, Alexander D. (Financial Ed., NEW YORK TIMES)

FORTY YEARS OF AMERICAN FINANCE. Nev York:Putnam, 1909.


NOYES, Alexander D.

JX3RTY YEARS OF AMERICAN FINANCE. A ShortFinancial History of the Government and People of theUnited States Since the Civil War, 1865-1907.New York: G* P. Putnam1 s Sons, c. 1898.

ed., 1909- Pp. 418.

HISTORY OF BANKING

Sketch of American currency and money market troubles asinfluenced by crop movements and foreign exchange, withthe individual evolution of recent years.

Author was financial editor of the N.Y*Evening Post

Note: Noyes* 1st ed., THIRTY YEARS OF AMERICANFINANCE was published in 1898j This brings USfinancial history down thru 1908. It is based(1901-07) largely on his articles which appearedin ^ E during that period*


OfLEARY, James

Banking History of the United States,AMLRICAN FEDEFJITIONIST,

August, 1933.Pp. 1.


PIERSON, L. E.

Fifty years of American banking, BANKERS MAGAZINE,October, 1925.


REDLIGH, Fritz

THE MOLDING OF AMERICAN BANKING, MEN AND IDEAS.Part I I , 1340-1910. New York: Hafner Publishing Co. ,1951. Pp. 517.

Review: by Edward C. Kirkland, JOURNAL OF ECONOMICHISTORY, H I , No. 2 , Spring, 1952. Pp. 170-1 .

U.S. Bankers


REDLICH, Fritz

THE MOLDING OF AMERICAN BANKING, MEN AND IDEAS.

Part I.Review: by Margaret Myers, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,

vol. 37, Dec. 1947, pp. 985-87

Part II: l8f5CKL91O.Reviev: by E. E. Agger, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,

vol. 42, Sept., 1952, pp. 638-39.

US banking history


De Roover, Raymond

New interpretations of the history ofbanking, JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY, Vol. II, no. 1,

1954.39 pp.


DE POOVER, Eaymond

"New interpretations of the history ofbanking," JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY, Il(l), 1954.

Pp. 39.


atflrficle -7,

P/>


SCROGGS, ¥• 0.

A CENTIJBX OF BANKING PROGRESS. Garden City:Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924* Pp. vii, 333•

The vhole period of American banking is told in acontinuous, non-technical narrative. For purposes ofillustration, events in the histoiy of a number of in-dividual banks have been cited, but particularly thoseconnected with the Chemical National Bank of NewXork. ... After discussing the early history ofAmerican banking, the author leads up to the causesvhich brought about the establishment of the Fed. Res.System. He conclusdes with a critical explanation offinancing World War I and problems of subsequentdevelopment.


SCROGGS, William 0.

A CENTURY OF BANKING PROGRESS. New York:Doubleday Page & Co., 1924.

US banking and financialhistory


SCROGGS, ¥. 0.

A CENTURY OF BANKING PROGRESS. New York:1924.


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SHAW, V. A.

HISTORY OF CURRENCY, 1 2 5 2 - 1 8 9 4 .

1 8 9 5 .


SMITH, A.A.

Bank note detecting in the era of state banks,MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL REVIEW,

December, 1942.Pp. 16*


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StMNER, ¥. G.

HISTORY OF BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES.

Nev York,1896.

On development of banking in the U.S.


SUMNER, William Graham

2 Vols, Pp. viii, 309j v, 330. Tables.

Financial History of Revolution; role ofRobert Morris (Supt. of Finances).


SUMNER, William G.

A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CURRENCY. New York:Henry Holt & Co., 1875.


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WATSON, David K.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN COINAGE. New York:Putnam's, 1899.


WHITE, Horace

MONEY AND BANKING. New York:ed., 1935.

On development of Baking in the U.S.


WILLIAMSON, Harold F.

"Money and Commercial Banking, 1789-1365," chap. 13in THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, ed. by HaroldF. Williamson. New York: Prentice-Hall, 2nd ed.,1951, pp. 227-255.


WILLIAMSON, Harold F.

"Money and Coranwrcial Banking, 1789-1865,"Chap. 13, In GBOWTH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY (ed. byH. F. Williamson). Nev York: Prentice Hall, 1st ed.,1944? 2d ed., 1951.

2d ed., Ch. 13, pp. 227-255


WILLIS, H. Parker

nSeventy-five years1 progress in American banking,11

BANKERS1 MAGAZINE,September, 1921 •

Pp. 5-

Banking practice in U.S. has contributed to worldprogress in finance through its demonstration of thesoundness of ffree banking,1 through the development ofscientific methods of credit analysis, through theinsistence on shortening the terms of credit, andthrough emphasis upon the public service nature of thebanking business.

Abstract by N.IL Whitney, AMERICAN ECONOMICREVIEW, XII, June, 1922, p. 368*


WILLIS, H. Parker

Seventy-five years' progress in Americanbanking, BANKERS MAGAZINE,

September, 192i.1


YOUNGMAN, A.

The growth of f i n a n c i a l banking, JOURNAL OPPOLITICAL ECONOMY,

J u l y , 1906.


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