8vo. 14 leaves, the last with
Aitken’s advertisement for printing work on the recto, verso blank.
Sabin 59848.
Evans 18897.
Miller page 23.
This pamphlet is entered anonymously by Sabin and Evans. It is properly ascribed to Gouverneur Morris by Jefferson, and is
reprinted in full in the third volume of Sparks’
Life of Gouverneur Morris
. Miller ascribes the authorship to Morris on the authority of Sparks.
Gouverneur Morris, 1752-1816, statesman and diplomat. From 1781 to 1785 he acted as assistant to Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance.
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True interest of the U. S. with respect to State paper money & a bank.
3. [BARTON,
William.]
The True interest of the United States, and particularly of Pennsylvania, considered; with respect to the advantages resulting
from a State paper-money: with some observations on the subject of a bank, and on agriculture, manufactures and commerce.
By an American.
Philadelphia: printed by
Charles Cist,
m,dcc,lxxxvi
. [1786.]
AC901 .M5 vol. 730
8vo. 36 leaves in fours, the first a blank.
Sabin 97122.
Evans 19498.
An edition was published by Mathew Carey earlier in the same year, which may have been the one in Jefferson’s library. Francis
Hopkinson’s bill to Jefferson sent from Philadelphia on December 1, 1790, included under date May 19, 1786,
For a Pamphlet on the Bank, 5/-, which could have been this one.
Other works by Barton occur in this catalogue. He was the nephew of David Rittenhouse, who was at this time Treasurer of Philadelphia.
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Dissertations on gov
(
~m
)t. the bank & paper money by T. Paine.
4. [PAINE,
Thomas.]
Dissertations on government, the affairs of the bank, and paper-money. By the author of Common Sense.
Philadelphia: printed by
Charles Cist, and sold by Messrs.
Hall & Sellers,
Robert Aitken and
William Prichard,
m,dcc,lxxxvi
. [1786.]
AC901 .M5 vol. 730
8vo. 30 leaves, in fours, the last a blank. The preface, which is signed Thomas Paine, is dated from Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 1786.
Sabin 58221.
Evans 19880.
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Essay on credit with remarks on the bank.
5. [WEBSTER,
Pelatiah.]
An Essay on credit, in which the doctrine of banks is considered, and some remarks are made on the present state of the Bank
of North-America. By a Citizen of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia: printed by
Eleazer Oswald,
m,dcc,lxxxvi
. [1786.]
AC901 .M5 vol. 730
8vo. 22 leaves, the last a blank, in fours.
Sabin 102403.
Evans 20129.
Pelatiah Webster, 1726-1795, was a native of Connecticut. This essay is one of several united into a volume in 1791, with the title:
Political Essays on the nature and operation of money, public finances, and other subjects
.
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