Balancing Debt in the Absence of Money: Documentary Credit in New South Wales, 1817 - 1820

Booker, John; Craig, Russell

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Balancing Debt in the Absence of Money: Documentary Credit in New South Wales, 1817 - 1820

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2002

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Booker, John

Craig, Russell

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Frank Cass & Co Ltd

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This article analyses three sources of financial data recording details of bills of exchange and promissory note transactions in the New South Wales (NSW) colony, 1817-20. These sources are the minute books and the customer accounts ledger of the Bank of

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Keywords: banking; debt; economic history; nineteenth century; Australia

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