The Panic of 1837
Getting By and Going Under
in a Decade of Crisis
The Program in Early American Economy & Society :
The Library Company’s Program in Early American Economy and Society
(PEAES) is dedicated to promoting scholarship in, and public understanding
of, the origins and 
development of the early American economy, broadly
conceived, encompassing business, finance, commerce, manufacturing, labor,
political economy, households and gender, and technology. PEAES programs
include research fellowships for both junior and senior scholars, a monograph
publication series with Johns Hopkins University Press, publication of conference
proceedings as special issues of scholarly journals, seminars throughout the
academic year, an annual award for the best journal article relating to early
American economic history, a regional survey of manuscript and printed
resources in economic history, and the acquisition, cataloging, and conservation
of thousands of printed materials to augment the Library Company’s existing
rich collections. Public programs such as the annual conference extend PEAES
resources to as wide an audience as possible.
Above Left: Detail. Edward Williams Clay. The Times. New York: and pub. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt Street,. 1837. Lithograph.
Header: Specie Claws. New York: Printed & pub. by H.R. Robinson 52 Courtlandt St., ca. 1838. Handcolored lithograph.
TO BE HELD
OCTOBER 11-12, 2007
This conference is free and open to everyone interested in the topic.
For more information please contact
Cathy Matson,
PEAES Director cmatson@udel.edu
or call 215-546-3181
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Click Here for Conference Papers
We encourage everyone coming to the conference to read the papers in advance, and then join us for a lively discussion.
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