Author: Fred D. Merritt

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Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781331264132

Excerpt from The Early History of Banking in Iowa Suspension of Specie Payments by the Miners' Bank; Banking in Iowa from 1841 to 1844; The Attitude of the Fourth Legislative Assembly; Position of Democrats in the Council; Position of Whigs in the Council; Action of the House; Proposed Bank of Davenport; Change in Stockholders of the Miners' Bank; The Failure of the Territory of Iowa to Pay the Debt Due to the Miners' Bank; Attempt in the Fifth General Assembly to Revoke the Charter of the Miners' Bank; Majority Report of Select Committee of the House; Minority Report of Select Committee of the House; Consideration of Reports by the House; Action by the Council; The Claims of Improper Influences; The Majority Report of Select Committee; The Minority Report of Select Committee; The Miners' Bank in the Sixth Legislative Assembly; Reception of Petitions; The Discussion in the House; The Discussion in the Council; The House Refuses to Concur; The Resumption of Specie Payments by Miners' Bank; The Question of Banking Before the Constitutional Convention of 1844; The Majority and Minority Reports on Banks; Report of the Select Committee on Banks; Report of Committee on Incorporations About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.