Shaw Announces Auction Focus at Bay Street Store
Notice shows THOMAS L. SHAW auctioneer taking over the front portion of the store once occupied by Mr. Robert Cooper opposite the Régé M. H. Lance on Bay street and dedicating himself to vendue and commission business starting February 1823.
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Robert Cooper
M. H. Lance
Bay Street
Thomas L. Shaw
Calhoun Pleads Tariff Causes 1830s Currency Struggles
In a Senate speech dated February 5 1540 Calhoun explains the 1828 tariff worsened imports and boosted gold and silver in the south failing to protect manufactures. He cites Campbell White 1832 report and 1829 1830 data showing a large rise in specie and bank note circulation in Massachusetts Rhode Island New York and Pennsylvania and argues it harmed debtors and increased distress.
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Calhoun
Senate
House
Campbell P. White
City of
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Bank of the United
Island
N. York
Penn’y
Bank U.S
Tariff Expansion and Bank Circulation in Early 19th Century
The text argues that protective tariffs expanded bank circulation in major manufacturing states from 38 to 56.5 million dollars over two years, with Rhode Island showing the strongest growth. It claims the tariff-driven expansion risks currency inflation and eventual economic explosion, urging lower duties to boost exports and open markets for agricultural staples.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Bank of the United States
Bank of the
Ny West
Agiant
Neuthern
States
South
Bern
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