THE FISCAL HISTORY OF TEXAS, Embracing an Account of Its Revenues, Debts, and Currency, from the Commencement of the Revolution in 1834 to 1851-52, with Remarks on American Debts

by William M. Gouge

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First edition

Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott, Grambo, and Co., 1852. First edition. 8vo. xx, 17 -327 pp. 34-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Sabin 28071. Jenkins Basic Texas Books 77: The standard account of the financial history of the Texas Revolution and of the Republic of Texas, this book is much more interesting reading than the title suggests, mixing humor, anecdotes, and historical sidelights with statistics, finance, and fiscal theory. Raines, p. 96. Larned

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