Part of: A History of Banking in all the Leading Nations, 4 vols. A History of Banking in all the Leading Nations, vol. 1 (U.S.A.)

A four volume set edited by the Editor of the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin in New York. Vol. 1 consists of “The United States,” by W.G. Sumner.

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A History of Banking in all the Leading Nations; comprising the United States; Great Britain; Germany; Austro-Hungary; France; Italy; Belgium; Spain; Switzerland; Portugal; Roumania; Russia; Holland; The Scandinavian Nations; Canada; China; Japan; compiled by thirteen authors. Edited by the Editor of the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin. In Four Volumes. (New York: The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, 1896). Vol. 1: A History of Banking in the United States.

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