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Hamilton and the National Debt

by George Rogers Taylor. 108 pgs.

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Contributors:

   George Rogers Taylor

Publisher:

   Heath

Place of Publication:

  Boston  

Publication Year:

  1950
Subjects:   Debts, Public--United States, Finance, Public--United States--1789-1800
Table of contents
CONTENTS
1 WILLIAM J. SHULTZ AND M. R. CAINE Federalist Finance 1
2 ALEXANDER HAMILTON Report on Public Credit 8
THE DEBATE IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES>
3 Speculation 19
4 Funding at Face Value 22
5 Discrimination 28
6 Assumption of State Debts 40
THE PEOPLE OPPOSE HAMILTON'S DEBT PLAN
7 A Communication to the Pennsylvania Gazette, January 27, 1790 53
8 A Communication to the Pennsylvania Gazette, February 3, 1790 54
9 A Memorial from the General Assembly of Virginia 56
10 JAMES THOMSON CALLENDER: Sedgwick & Co. or a Key to the Six Per Cent Cabinet 57
THE PEOPLE DEFEND HAMILTON'S DEBT PLAN
11 FISHER AMES: A Letter to George Richards Minot 64
12 A Communication to the Pennsylvania Gazette, February 3, 1790 67
13 A Communication to the Gazette of the United States, February 18, 1792 68
14 An Editorial in the Gazette of the United States, September 5, 1792 70
HAMILTON IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
15 Vindication of the Funding System 71
16 Objections and Answers Respecting the Administration of the Government: A Reply to an Inquiry which Hamilton Received from George Washington 74
APPRAISALS OF HAMILTON'S SYSTEM
17 HENRY CABOT LODGE The Results of the Financial Policy 79
18 IRVING BRANT Speculators vs. Veterans 86
19 VERNON LOUIS PARRINGTON Alexander Hamilton and the Leviathan State 96
Suggestions for Additional Reading 107
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