Download or read book The Financier and the Finances of the American Revolution, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by William Graham Sumner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Financier and the Finances of the American Revolution, Vol. 1 of 2 As to the other branch of the subject, the financial his tory of the Revolution, I have only reduced into accessible form the material which is nearest at hand. The careless statements and contradictions of the authorities produce doubts and perplexities, which can only be finally resolved by an appeal to original authorities, which are very inac cessible. Much more remains to be done, therefore, in the study of that subject, before we shall really have at our disposal the amount of knowledge which may even now be recovered. I wish to acknowledge the valuable aid and suggestions I have received from Messrs. W. C. Ford, Paul Ford, F. D. Stone, G. H. Moore, and Prof. C. H. Haskins; also to acknowledge the courtesies of the authorities of the State Department, and of the New York and Pennsylvania Historical Societies. In order to use the briefest form of citation of authorities, yet give the reader the full title in the most convenient manner for reference, I have put at the end of the volume a list of books cited, in the alphabetical order of the brief forms of reference used in the course of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.