Record #:

19770

Author(s):

Ratchford, B.U.

Abstract:

This article looks at the history of the public debt in North Carolina that originated during the period of Reconstruction. The article is broken into sections that look at how the debt was incurred, the political background that influenced financial legislation, the interest on the Special Tax Bonds, the Construction Bonds, public sentiment and debt proposals, changes in the debt, and finances current to 1878.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933, p1-20, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Public debt; Special tax bonds; Construction bonds; North Carolina--History--State finances