Essays on the Monetary History of the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9706202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L L Price (0000-0001-9478-3488), Charles J Bullock |
| Year | 1901 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 42 |
| Pages | 197 |
| Publication date | 1901-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2957150 |
| OpenAlex | W2978971151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
CHAPTER Ichusetts established its celebrated mint in order to recoin its circulating medium into a uniform silver currency.In 1671, Ogilby wrote of Maryland, "yet there wants not, besides English and other foraign Coyns, some of his Lordship's own Coyn," 1 In Virginia, Mr. Bruce finds abundant evidence of considerable accumulations of money and plate toward the close of the seventeenth century; and Dr, Ripley has reached the conclusion that a good deal of metallic money was always in circulation, especially in the tidewater districts.^In the year 1698, Gabriel Thomas reported that silver was plentiful in the vicinity of Philadelphia.^Two years later, John Fysack wrote concerning Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, and New England : " There is now in the Plantations a great quantity of Spanish money Plate and Bullion and would be more if returns were answerable."*In 1740, Dr, Douglass stated: "Before Paper-Money took Place in New England, Silver abounded in Currency as much and perhaps more, than in many of our Colonies."^Ten years later, when Massachusetts returned to a specie basis, its trade
Economic history · Economics · History of the United States · Keynesian economics · Economic Theory and Institutions
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1948 - 2005 (58) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |