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The Suffolk Bank Print E-mail
Written by George Trivioli (1979)   
Friday, 23 November 1979

A lucid account of the Suffolk Bank system which operated in Massachusetts between 1825 and 1858. Dr Trivioli shows that during this period a free enterprise central bank and clearing system operated with great success, bringing stability to a stuation where competing banks issued their own notes.

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