1833 Review of US Currency History: William Gouge

commentary by Roger Erickson

Hat tip to "Save America," commenting at Warren Mosler's site.

A Short History of Paper Money and Banking in the United States.

[1833]

Including an Account of Provincial and Continental Paper Money.

To which is prefixed AN INQUIRY INTO THE 

PRINCIPLES OF THE SYSTEM,

WITH CONSIDERATIONS OF ITS EFFECTS ON

MORALS AND HAPPINESS.

THE WHOLE INTENDED AS

A PLAIN EXPOSITION OF THE WAY IN WHICH PAPER MONEY

AND MONEY CORPORATIONS, AFFECT THE INTER-

ESTS OF DIFFERENT PORTIONS

OF THE COMMUNITY.

BY WILLIAM M. GOUGE. 

1833

[advisor to US President Jackson]

ps: also found as a downloadable pdf, at 

http://www.devvy.com/pdf/2006_October/GougeOnPaperMoney.pdf