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== American Colonial Wealth (Document A) == | == American Colonial Wealth (Document A) == | ||
| + | I find it so interesting how important it must have been to have one's property appraised back then. The banking system then was not nearly as sophisticated and having so much ready cash must have been a great liability. Also for the need of dividing up and liquidating an estate it must have been critical, as the appraisals done for deceased persons in the article suggest. What other purposes could appraisals have served? --JoshW. | ||
== Thomas Jefferson, Tenche Coxe, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Cooper -- Documents on Factories == | == Thomas Jefferson, Tenche Coxe, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Cooper -- Documents on Factories == | ||
