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1. Original Title Page and Dedication195 words
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.1,870 words
3. Book the First: Of the Laws which Regulate a Currency Composed Entirely of the Precious Metals230 words
4. CHAPTER I. OF THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE PRECIOUS METALS, AND OF THEIR ADAPTATION TO THE PURPOSES OF A CIRCULATING MEDIUM.837 words
5. CHAPTER II. OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS THROUGHOUT THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.892 words
6. CHAPTER III. ON THE RELATIVE VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER.1,085 words
7. Chapter IV.—On the Balance of Trade, or the causes which Occasion the Transmission of the precious Metals from one Country to another4,260 words
8. CHAPTER V. ON THE PRINCIPLES OF EXCHANGE.2,602 words
9. CHAPTER VI. ON THE STEADINESS OF TRADE IN COUNTRIES EMPLOYING A METALLIC CURRENCY.1,878 words
10. CHAPTER VII. OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEPRECIATION TO WHICH A METALLIC CURRENCY IS LIABLE.1,832 words
11. CHAPTER VIII. ON THE “CREDIT SYSTEM,” OR THE INFLUENCE OF CREDIT IN PROMOTING NATIONAL WEALTH.1,635 words
12. CHAPTER IX. ON THE LAWS WHICH REGULATE THE HIRE OF CAPITAL, AND ON THE IMPOLICY OF USURY LAWS.1,270 words
13. CHAPTER X. EXAMINATION OF THE COMMON OPINION RESPECTING THE SINKING OF CAPITAL.5,528 words
14. BOOK THE SECOND. OF THE LAWS WHICH REGULATE A MIXED CURRENCY COMPOSED OF THE PRECIOUS METALS, AND OF PAPER CONVERTIBLE INTO COIN ON DEMAND.137 words
15. Chapter I.—Of Banks of Deposite, of Banks of Discount, and of Banks of Circulation1,707 words
16. Chapter II.—Of the Operation of Banks of Circulation2,193 words
17. CHAPTER III. OF THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH THE PROFITS OF BANKS OF CIRCULATION ARE DETERMINED.1,275 words
18. CHAPTER IV. OF THE SAFEST AND MOST PROFITABLE MODE OF INVESTING THE CAPITALS OF BANKS OF CIRCULATION.1,878 words
19. CHAPTER V. OF THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF BANKS OF CIRCULATION.1,421 words
20. CHAPTER VI. EXAMINATION OF THE COMMON OPINION THAT BANKS CREATE CAPITAL.1,790 words
21. CHAPTER VII. ON THE STRICT CONVERTIBILITY OF BANK NOTES AND CREDITS.1,158 words
22. CHAPTER VIII. OF THE VARIOUS MODES RESORTED TO BY SOME BANKS TO AUGMENT THEIR DIVIDENDS.1,617 words
23. CHAPTER IX. OF THE CREATION OF BANKS WITHOUT CAPITALS, OR OF FRAUDULENT BANKS.1,159 words
24. Chapter X.—Of the Effects of Banks Dealing in Exchange3,399 words
25. CHAPTER XI. EXAMINATION OF THE COMMON OPINION THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BANKS IN THE WESTERN STATES, UPON EASTERN CAPITAL, IS BENEFICIAL TO THOSE STATES.827 words
26. CHAPTER XII. ON THE CIRCULATION OF SMALL BANK NOTES.3,150 words
27. BOOK THE THIRD. OF THE LAWS WHICH REGULATE A CURRENCY COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF INCONVERTIBLE BANK PAPER.12,801 words
28. Book the Fourth11,144 words
29. A. ON THE RELATIVE VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER,3,704 words
30. B. HISTORY OF THE GOLD COINAGE OF THE UNITED STATES.7,493 words
31. D. THE NEW YORK GENERAL BANKING LAW. AN ACT TO AUTHORISE THE BUSINESS OF BANKING PASSED APRIL 18, 1838.3,703 words
32. E.—Letter from the Author to J. W. Cowell, Esq885 words
33. F.—Table of Imports and Exports, from 1789 to 1839131 words
34. G.—Essay on Unlimited Liability, by James Cox, Esq9,384 words
35. H.—Report to the Senate of Pennsylvania on the Money Crisis of 18185,599 words
36. I.—Prices of State Stocks in London at Two Different Periods257 words
37. J.—Extract from the Annual Report of the Comptroller of New York, of January, 1840, upon the General Banking Law, with Abstracts from Two Recents Laws5,040 words