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Benjamin Franklin and the birth of a paper money economy

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Farley Grubb

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This publication, an essay based on a lecture presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia by Professor Farley Grubb of the University of Delaware, tells readers about Benjamin Franklin’s role in the debate about devising a system of paper money in the colonies and his monetary philosophy.

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This book is provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in its series Monograph with number 2006bfatboapm and published in .

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