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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                  

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Chapter I.	The Colony Bills. The Province Bills, . . . . .	1-23
Chapter II.	The Massachusetts Coinage, Proclamation Money and Lawful Money, . . . . .	25-48
Chapter III.	The Currency Conflict under Dudley and Shute, . . . . .	49-69
Chapter IV.	The Contest under Dummer and Burnet, . . . . .	70-87
Chapter V.	The Currency, 1702-1750. Depreciation and Remedial Legislation, . . . . .	88-110
Chapter VI.	Enforcement of the Royal Instructions during Belcher's Administration, . . . . .	111-134
Chapter VII.	The Struggles during Belcher's Time to Check the Depreciation, . . . . .	135-151
Chapter VIII.	The Inflation under Shirley, . . . . .	152-171
Chapter IX.	Attempts at Adjustment of Debts, . . . . .	171-202
Chapter X.	The Lords of the Treasury favor Reimbursement for the Louisburg Expedition and Parliament passes the Grant, . . . . .	203-218
Chapter XI.	The Delivery of the Money is Delayed and Obstructed, . . . . .	219-232
Chapter XII.	The Money Paid and Specie Payments Resumed, . . . . .	233-252
Chapter XIII.	Parliament and Bills of Public Credit in the Colonies, . . . . .	253-265
Chapter XIV.	The Engraved Plates and their Various Alterations. The Colony Bills and the Old Tenor, . . . . .	266-291
Chapter XV.	The Engraved Plates and their Various Alternations. The First, Second and Third New Tenor, and the 1750 Bills, . . . . .	292-302
Chapter XVI.	Where Specimens of the Massachusetts Bills are Preserved, . . . . .	303-317
Chapter XVII.	The Emissions of the Neighboring Governments. — New Hampshire, . . . . .	318-329

      

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Chapter XVIII.	The Emissions of the Neighboring Governments — Rhode Island, . . . . .	330-356
Chapter XIX.	The Emissions of the Neighboring Governments — Connecticut, . . . . .	357-365
Chapter XX.	The Lesson in Economics, . . . . .	366-392
Chapter XXI.	The Currency and the Politics of the Province, . . . . .	393-412
Chapter XXII.	Sources of Authority used herein and a few words as to the Study of the Currency in other Colonies, . . . . .	413-435

APPENDIX.

• A. Old Colony Bills, . . . . .436
• B. Warren and Bollan, Invoice, . . . . .437-439
• C. Warren and Bollan, Account, . . . . .440
• D. The Engraved Plates and the Denominational Changes, 1690-1750, . . . . .441-442
• E. Emissions and Retirements, 1702-1749—Including Loans, . . . . .443