Author: Union Canal Company (PENNSYLVANIA)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canal companies
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
An Act to Incorporate the Union Canal Company, of Pennsylvania
Author: Union Canal Company (PENNSYLVANIA)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canal companies
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
˜Anœ Act to Incorporate the Union Canal Company, of Pennsylvania
Author: The History of Corporate Governance Vol 1
Author: Robert E WrightPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040245641
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This book offers a unique perspective on fascinating historical topic. It presents a comprehensive selection of texts drawn from the archives of corporations in England and America. The book fits into the library collection of any institution concerned with history or finance.
The First Wall Street
Author: Robert E. WrightPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226910296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
When Americans think of investment and finance, they think of Wall Street—though this was not always the case. During the dawn of the Republic, Philadelphia was the center of American finance. The first stock exchange in the nation was founded there in 1790, and around it the bustling thoroughfare known as Chestnut Street was home to the nation's most powerful financial institutions. The First Wall Street recounts the fascinating history of Chestnut Street and its forgotten role in the birth of American finance. According to Robert E. Wright, Philadelphia, known for its cultivation of liberty and freedom, blossomed into a financial epicenter during the nation's colonial period. The continent's most prodigious minds and talented financiers flocked to Philly in droves, and by the eve of the Revolution, the Quaker City was the most financially sophisticated region in North America. The First Wall Street reveals how the city played a leading role in the financing of the American Revolution and emerged from that titanic struggle with not just the wealth it forged in the crucible of war, but an invaluable amount of human capital as well. This capital helped make Philadelphia home to the Bank of the United States, the U.S. Mint, an active securities exchange, and several banks and insurance companies—all clustered in or around Chestnut Street. But as the decades passed, financial institutions were lured to New York, and by the late 1820s only the powerful Second Bank of the United States upheld Philadelphia's financial stature. But when Andrew Jackson vetoed its charter, he sealed the fate of Chestnut Street forever—and of Wall Street too. Finely nuanced and elegantly written, The First Wall Street will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the United States and the origins of its unrivaled economy.
1777-1817
Author: Kress Library of Business and EconomicsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Over the Alleghenies
Author: Robert J. KapschPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in North America-almost one thousand miles of transport that stretched from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and beyond. The construction of this ambitious transportation system was accompanied by great euphoria. It was widely believed that the revenue created from these canals and railroads would eliminate the need for all taxes on state citizens. Yet with the Panic of 1837, a financial crisis much like boom and bust cycle that ended in 2008, a deep recession fell across the country. By 1858, Pennsylvania had sold all canals and railroads to private companies, often for pennies-on-the-dollar. Over the Alleghenies: Early Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania is the definitive history of the state of Pennsylvania's incredible canal and railroad system. Although often condemned as a colossal failure, this construction effort remains an innovative, magnificent feat that ushered in modern transportation to Pennsylvania and the entire country. With extensive primary research, over one hundred illustrations, newspapers clippings, and charts and graphs, Over the Alleghenies examines and dissects the infrastructure project that bankrupted the wealthiest state in the Union.
National Register of Microform Masters
Author: Goldsmiths' Kress Library of Economic Literature
Author: Research Publications, incPublisher: Primary Source Microfilm
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description