GOUGE, WILLIAM M. The Curse of Paper Money and Banking; or, A Short History of Banking in the United States of America, with an Account of its Ruinous Effects on Landowners, Farmers, Traders, and on All the Industrious Classes of the Community . . .

GOUGE, WILLIAM M. The Curse of Paper Money and Banking; or, A Short History of Banking in the United States of America, with an Account of its Ruinous Effects on Landowners, Farmers, Traders, and on All the Industrious Classes of the Community . . . To which is prefixed, An Introduction. By William Cobbett, M.P. for Oldham. 12mo, original .25 cloth, paper lettering piece chipped, dampstains on covers; some foxing. London, 1833 E600-900 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, reprinting chapters 5-24 from the 1833 Philadelphia original edition of the author's A Short History of Banking in the United States. "Gouge . . was at this time an uncompromising opponent of banks, paper money, and corporations . . . The History is of value, however, because of the detailed description it gives of the organization of state banks and the abuses associated with their management" (DAB). Amex Bank 192