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Bronson's 1865 Classic on Connecticut Currency

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Bronson's 1865 Classic on Connecticut Currency
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Bronson, Henry. A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF CONNNECTICUT CURRENCY, CONTINENTAL MONEY, AND THE FINANCES OF THE REVOLUTION. BY HENRY BRONSON, M.D. READ NOVEMBER 30TH, 1863, AND AFTERWARD. New Haven: Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, Vol. I, 1865. (4), 15, (1), 170; (2), iv, 192 pages [second pagination is Bronson]; tables. Original blindstamped black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine cloth sunned and a bit worn. Ex library copy, with marking generally relegated to the endpapers. Very good. Bronson's pioneering work comprises the second half of the Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, the first half of which consists of several monographs on early Connecticut history. Quite scarce. Not in the Fuld library sales. An historian and physician, Dr. Henry Bronson (1804-93) largely devoted his later years to economic study and historical research. His history of the currency of Connecticut is probably the most notable of several important studies pertaining to the history of his native state. Although largely devoted to paper currency topics, one chapter describes The Massachusetts Coinage of 1652 and a later chapter is entitled First United States Coinage. Connecticut Coppers. Although an ex-library copy, the original binding of this volume was very fragile and this copy is above average. Not in Attinelli. Clain-Stefanelli 13327. Davis 147. Sigler 338.