Excerpt from The Writings of William Paterson, Founder of the Bank of England, Vol. 2 of 2: With Biographical Notices of the Author, His Contemporaries, and His Race Two of the earliest in order Of these documents, but not dated, are Obviously essays from one familiar with the continental uses Of transferable bills and bank credit, here well described and recommended. They constitute, in fact, introductions to the new business respecting money that was in cautious preparation among us. 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.