The Decennial Publications of the University of Chicago: The Second Bank of the United States

Table of contents

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• Title Page vii
• Preface xi
• Abbreviations xii
• Table of Contents xiii
• Chapter I - Establishment of the Bank 1
• Chapter II - The Administration of William Jones 22
• Chapter III - The Attempt to Save the Bank Under Jones 51
• Chapter IV - The Administration of Langdon Cheves 68
• Chapter V. . - Nicholas Biddle and His Policy, 1823-28 93
• Chapter VI - The Branch Drafts. 114
• Chapter VII - The Results of Biddle's System 132
• Chapter VIII - The Bank and the Democracy 164
• Chapter IX - Attempts to Secure Jackson's Assent to a Re-Charter 186
• Chapter X - The Struggle for the Charter 215
• Chapter XI - The Charges Against the Bank 243
• Chapter XII - The War on the Bank 285

• Title Page vii
• Preface xi
• Abbreviations xii
• Table of Contents xiii
• Chapter I - Establishment of the Bank 1
• Chapter II - The Administration of William Jones 22
• Chapter III - The Attempt to Save the Bank Under Jones 51
• Chapter IV - The Administration of Langdon Cheves 68
• Chapter V. . - Nicholas Biddle and His Policy, 1823-28 93
• Chapter VI - The Branch Drafts. 114
• Chapter VII - The Results of Biddle's System 132
• Chapter VIII - The Bank and the Democracy 164
• Chapter IX - Attempts to Secure Jackson's Assent to a Re-Charter 186
• Chapter X - The Struggle for the Charter 215
• Chapter XI - The Charges Against the Bank 243
• Chapter XII - The War on the Bank 285
• Chapter XIII - The Contraction and Panic of 1833-34 314
• Chapter XIV - The Defeat of the Bank 332
• Chapter XV - The Last Days of the Bank 359
• Chapter XVI - The Branches and Their Administration 376
• Chapter XVII - The Issues of the Bank 404
• Chapter XVIII - The Bank, the State Banks, and the Currency 430
• Chapter XIX - The Bank as a Government Agency 453
• Appendices 479
• Bibliography 513
• Index 527