A History of Banking in the United States (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A History of Banking in the United States<br><br>An orderly presentation of the salient facts in the banking history of the United States is a task beset with so many difficulties that here tofore no attempt has been made in this direction. It is believed that the important relation which the banks sustain to the business and political life of the country justifies the present endeavor to set forth in detail the experience with the various classes of banks operating under State and National laws and with those whose transactions were carried on without legal sanction.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.