1783-1815: Business and the Economy
1783-1815: Chapter Three: Business and the Economy
by ROBERT J. ALLISON and JOHN O’KEEFE
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 72
OVERVIEW 78
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Banking and Finance 82
Public Debt of the United States, December 1789 83
Domestic Economy 84
Cotton Production 84
Embargo of 1807 88
Thomas Jefferson on Malthus 88
Exports of Agricultural Production, 1791-1815 90
Land Development and Speculation 93
Western Trade 93
Money and Currency 95
Daily Wage Rates in Massacbussetts, 1803-1815 95
Shipbuilding 97
America Ruler the Waves 97
Slave Trade 98
Slave Smuggling 98
HEADLINE MAKERS
John Jacob Astor 101
Albert Gallatin 103
Stephen Girard 104
PUBLICATIONS 105
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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