Robert Morris : Revolutionary Financier, with an Analysis of His Earlier Career

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE NOTES CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE EARLY CAREER OF ROBERT MORRIS 2. ROBERT MORRIS: PRINCE OF MERCHANTS 3. A CRISIS IN REVOLUTIONARY FINANCE 4. THE IMMEDIATE POLICIES OF HIE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCE 5. THE MORRIS PROGRAM: A FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE NEW NATION 6. THE MORRIS PROGRAM: REVENUE AND EXPF.NDITURES 7. THE PROGRAM IN OPERATION: THE INSTRUMENTS OF PUBLIC CREDIT (1782) 8. THE PROGRAM IN OPERATION: A STORY OF GROWING TENSION (1782) 9. THE SECOND PHASE OF THE MORRIS PROGRAM: A CLIMAX IN PUBLIC CREDIT 10. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCE REEMERGES AS A PRIVATE ENTREPRENEUR NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX