The Bank of the State of Missouri / John Ray Cable

Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: 319 pages; 21cm; facsimiles. Contents: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. The Period Before 1830 -- I. Economic Conditions in Early Missouri -- II. National Conditions Affecting Early Missouri Banking -- III. Early and Unfortunate Ventures in Banking and Currency -- IV. Some Early Experiences in Sound Banking -- Part II. The Period of Monopoly -- V. The Demand for a State Bank -- VI. The Passage of the Bank Bill -- VII. The Charter -- VIII. How the Charter was Made -- IX. The Organization of the Bank -- X. The State Bank and the Panic of 1837 -- XI. The Fight Against Unsound Money -- XII. The Career of the Bank, 1843-1857 -- XIII. An Economic and Statistical Study of the Accounts of the Bank -- Part III. The Break-Down of Banking Monopoly -- XIV. Private Banking and Business Development -- XV. The Demand for Additional Banking Capital -- XVI. The Legislation of 1857 and Banking Progress;until the Outbreak of the Civil War -- XVII. Missouri Banking During the Civil War -- XVIII. The Sale of the State Stock -- Part IV. The Final Period -- XIX. The National Bank of the State of Missouri -- XX. The Failure of the Bank -- Bibliography -- AppendixSubjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking. 1 Kg. …