FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1861 TO 1885. (First Edn.)

by Bolles, Albert S

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NY:: Appleton,, 1886. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends, cover tips, & front endpaper repaired; otherwise good.. appendixes + index. Instead of the endless financial charts suggested by the title, Bolles (1846-1939) Prof at Wharton School of Finance discusses problems with--funding the Civil War; opposition to paper money, instead of coin; government officials flouting laws & basic ethics to line their pockets; Congressional investigatipns (quietly quashed); political fat plums for Party favorites; financial corruption in the Gilded Age; etc. ||| Wright Howes' US-iana 580.