Excerpt from Essays on the Monetary History of the United States 1this was well stated by Governor Ward of Rhode Island, in 1740: And as the first settlers were not of the wealthiest sort, nor over-stocked with servants, the greatest part of their money was unavoidably swallowed up in procuring provisions, clothing, and. 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.