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Economics
General Information American Colonial Period
This article by Carole E. Scott, Professor of Economics, gives us a unique view of the colonial period, through economic theory.
American Financial History
Read about American financial history from the Museum devoted to the subject.
Economic History Abstracts
This web site's mission is to assist economic historians in sharing information about their work.
Hudson Bay Company History
From the Hudson Bay Company web site you can read the history of this historic fur company that started over 300 years ago.
Internet Resources for Economic Historians
Resources for economic historians can be found here. Well annotated links to everything related to economics.
Leeds Petition
From the Modern History Sourcebook web site, view the petition of the Leeds Woolen Workers (1786). This is against the use of machines.
Letter of Leeds Cloth Merchants
From the Modern History Sourcebook web site, here is a letter defending the use of machines which appeared in 1791.
Leslie Brock Center
The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency contains resources and information on American economics.
Economic Schools of Thought
Read about the different schools of economic thought from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Web site.
McMaster University Archive
This is the site for understanding the history of economic thought. It includes such authors as Aristotle, Jeremy Betham and Adam Smith.
Overview of the South Seas Bubble
This is an overview, sketch of events, of the first stock market crash in England (1720).
Currency/Money
Amazing Power of the Penny
In this article by John E. Shepler, learn about the history of the United States penny and how many have been minted since 1793.
Bank of England
This article by Kelly L. Ross Ph.D. discusses the history of the Bank of England. It is a section of the larger article about British coins before the Florin, compared to the French Coins of the Ancient Regime.
British Tokens
This interesting web site by Mike Grogan, shows examples of British coins used during the 17th through the 19th centuries. He also includes short historical backgrounds of these coins.
The Coins of Colonial and Early America
This informative web site by Louis Jordan has information and resources about the coins of colonial America and the Early National periosd in United States history.
Colonial Coins
From the University Libraries of Notre Dame, take a look at the colonial coins from the Robert H. Gore collection. also, take a look at the introduction to the on line exhibit.
The Currency Gallery
Take a look at 18th century American currency from this interesting site.
Defense of Usury
This defense of the use of Usury (interest)was written by Jeremy Bentham in 1787.
English Merchant Tokens
In this article by Richard G. Doty, learn what these tokens were and how they played an important part in trade from the 17th through the early 19th centuries.
History of the Maria Theresa Taler
Discover the history of the Marie Tarter coin from the Austrian Mint. Also learn about the Monarch for whom the coin was minted.
It Makes Cents
In this 1986 Chicago Coin Club article by John Wright, you will learn about the history and development of United States coins and coin design.
Money and Trade...a Proposal
A 1705 essay and proposal on supplying more money to the country of England by John Law.
Money in North America
This is an interesting history of money in North America, from the earliest times to present.
Money Substitutes
This informative article by Louis Jordan examines the money substatutes used in New Netherlans and Early New York.
U.S. Treasury Secretaries
Learn who where the Secretaries of the Treasury of the U.S. at the Dept. of the Treasury Web site. International Trade
The China Trade
Learn about the China trade and Rhode Island's involvement, written by Stuart Hale.
East India Trade Essay
This was a letter by Charles D'Avenant (1697) to John Lord Marquis of Normandy which discusses the implication of the East India trade.
English Fish Trade in the 18th Century
Learn about the fish Trade off Newfoundland at this site. This page is a part of the Newfoundland Labrador Heritage Web site.
Economic Laws
The Corn Laws/English
A short definition of the English corn laws from the Victorian web site.
Propositions respecting the coinage of gold, silver, and copper.
Learn about how the Finance committee proposed the use of copper to coin money to the Continental Congress, during the American Revolution.
Economic Thought/Theory
The English Utilitarians
This is a history of the English Utilitarianism written by Leslie Stephen in 1900. This is volume I on Jeremy Bentham.
Lecture on Mercantilism
This lecture explains the mercantile system and the reasons for its development. This lecture is by Dr. Rempel of New England College.
"Of Commerce" by Hume
This page is Hume's essay on Commerce and its implication and practice in the 18th century.
The Physiocrats
Learn about the Physiocrats and their ideas of economics.
The Ricardian Trade Theory
An essay on the Mercantilist system, in which Ricardo showed that Smith's principle did not capture all potential benefits of trade.
Economic History
Capitalism
This is a history on the subject of economics. Capitalism had its beginnings in the Eighteenth century.
EHA Meeting
The Economic History Association web site has information about future meetings and has abstracts from previous meetings available.
East India Company History
Learn about the history of the British company that ended up ruling India from the East India Company website.
Free Labor in The American Revolution
In this essay by Mark A. Lause of the University of Cincinnati, you will discover the role that the labor force played in the American Revolution.
Madrid of the Bourbons, Economy
Learn about the economic situation in 18th century Madrid under the Bourbons from this site by Jose Luis.
The Political Economy of Adam Smith
This is a critical essay on the ideas of Adam Smith written by T. E. Cliffe Leslie in 1870. In it, he maintains that "that political economy is not a body of natural laws in the true sense, or of universal and immutable truths, but an assemblage of speculations and doctrines which are the result of a particular history...".
The Slave Trade in Portsmouth
This article by Valerie Cunningham, examines the slave trade in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
Slaves in the American Maritime Economy
This short essay by Brendan Foley discusses the slaves involvement in the Maritime economy of America from 1638 to 1865.
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