Essays in the earlier history of American corporations
By: author, Davis, Joseph Stancliffe.
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange; The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Clark, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 992
Subjects: Duer, William, 1747-1799; Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures; Corporations -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Edition for 1965 has other title information: Numbers I-III.
Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1917.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The legal basis of corporate powers ; Colonial corporations chartered in England ; Public corporations with colonial charters ; Private corporations with colonial charters; title: v. 2. Banking companies ; Corporations for improving inland navigation ; Toll-bridge and turnpike companies ; Inurance, water supply, manufacturing, and miscellaneous ; Concluding observations ; American colonial business corporations incorporated and operating in the future United States ; American charters to business corporations, 1781-1800.