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The world, including the late discoveries, by Captn. Cook and other circum navigators [cartographic material] /
No full textDouble hemispherical map showing the routes of Cook, and Anson and the discovery of Bering.; Inset: the North Pole shewing the countries from the Lat 50 to 90.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2150
New Estimates of the Average Tariff of the United States, 1790-1820
Get PDFThis paper presents new estimates of the average tariff on total and dutiable U.S. imports from 1790 to 1820. These previously unavailable series are comparable to the tariff figures available from 1821 in the Historical Statistics of the United States. These early tariffs were much lower, on average, than those imposed later in the nineteenth century. The paper stresses the importance of deducting drawbacks (tariff rebates on imported goods that are subsequently re-exported) from total customs revenue in calculating the average tariff and briefly examines the structure of tariffs across goods.
"State Redemption of the Continental Dollar, 1779-1790"
Get PDFRemittances of Continental Dollars to the national treasury from each state by year from 1779 through 1789 are used to determine state compliance with congressional resolutions regarding Continental-Dollar redemption. From 1781 through 1789, the states as a whole stayed well ahead of the remittance schedule set by Congress in 1779. Individual state compliance, however, varied considerably. By the time Congress changed redemption requirements with the Funding Act of 4 August 1790, a majority of the net new Continental Dollars ever emitted by Congress had already been redeemed by the states and remitted to the national treasury to be burned.American Revolution; US Constitution; credible commitment; debt retirement; state taxation
Emerging Financial Markets and Early U.S. Growth
Get PDFStudies of early U.S. growth traditionally have emphasized real-sector explanations for an acceleration that by many accounts became detectable between 1815 and 1840. Interestingly, the establishment of the nation's basic financial structure predated by three decades the canals, railroads, and widespread use of water and steam-powered machinery that are thought to have triggered modernization. We argue that this innovative and expanding financial system, by providing debt and equity financing to businesses and governments as new technologies emerged, was central to the nation's early growth and modernization. The analysis includes a set of multivariate time series models that relate measures of banking and equity market activity to measures of investment, imports and business incorporations from 1790 to 1850. The findings offer support for our hypothesis of "finance-led" growth in the U.S. case. By implication, the interest today in improving financial systems as a means of fostering sustainable growth is not misplaced.
Emerging Financial Markets and Early U.S. Growth
Get PDFStudies of early U.S. growth traditionally have emphasized real-sector explanations for an acceleration that by many accounts became detectable between 1815 and 1840. Interestingly, the establishment of the nation's basic financial structure predated by three decades the canals, railroads, and widespread use of water and steam-powered machinery that are thought to have triggered modernization. We argue that this innovative and expanding financial system, by providing debt and equity financing to businesses and governments as new technologies emerged, was central to the nation's early growth and modernization. The analysis includes a set of multivariate time series models that relate measures of banking and equity market activity to measures of investment, imports and business incorporations from 1790 to 1850. The findings offer support for our hypothesis of finance-led' growth in the U.S. case. By implication, the interest today in improving financial systems as a means of fostering sustainable growth is not misplaced.
[Georgian style house, Longford region] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Condition: Good; detached from album, crease top centre to bottom centre, slight creasing in corners.; Part of the collection: Sketchbook of properties in the Longford region of Tasmania.; "3"--Lower right.; Thumbnail pencil sketch of architectural detail on reverse. Unidentified house, possibly 'Wickford', designed by William Henry Clayton for his father Henry Clayton, completed 1839, verandah added in late 1870s by H.R. Faulkiner. Ref.: Early houses of Northern Tasmania / E. Graeme Robertson and Edith Craig, Melbourne, Georgian House, 1964, v. 1, p. 140-142
The Manse, Evandale, Tasmania, ca. 1850 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from inscription.; In: Sketchbook of buildings and landscapes in and around Evandale, Tasmania, ca. 1850.; Inscriptions: "The Manse Evandale"--In ink lower right.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4851751; Purchased at auction: Sotheby's Melbourne, Important Australian Art, 24-15 August 2009, Lot 141
Ben Lomond near Evandale, Tasmania, ca. 1850 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from inscription.; In: Sketchbook of buildings and landscapes in and around Evandale, Tasmania, ca. 1850.; Inscriptions: "Ben Lomond from near Evandale"--In ink lower left.; Condition: Folds and spotting.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4851054; Purchased at auction: Sotheby's Melbourne, Important Australian Art, 24-15 August 2009, Lot 141
Police office building, Evandale, Tasmania, ca. 1850 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from inscription.; In: Sketchbook of buildings and landscapes in and around Evandale, Tasmania, ca. 1850.; Inscriptions: "Police office - Morven"--In ink lower left.; Condition: Spotting and folds.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4851087; Purchased at auction: Sotheby's Melbourne, Important Australian Art, 24-15 August 2009, Lot 141
Wickford [picture] /
No full textTitle from caption.; Condition: Good; detached from album.; Part of the collection: Sketchbook of properties in the Longford region of Tasmania.; "13"--Lower right.; Caption: "Wickford"--Lower left. 'Wickford', designed by architect William Henry Clayton for his father Henry Clayton, completed 1839. Ref.: Early houses of Northern Tasmania / E. Graeme Robertson and Edith Craig, Melbourne, Georgian House, 1964, v. 1, p. 140
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