Redistributing Wealth

Societies to prevent the theft of horses, and to chase down daring thieves, were common in the country’s hinterlands throughout the century.

Richland Company for the Detection of Horse Thieves. Constitution and Bye-Laws. Doylestown, Pa.: Miner’s Press, [1806].

Newtown Reliance Company. Constitution. Doylestown, Pa.: Jackson & Kelly, 1828.