This book traces the development of banking in Pennsylvania from the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods throug the nineteenth century. It records the number of "financial firsts" in the Commonwealth. It describes the founding of the earliest banks and describes those who put personal fortunes at risk to finance Washington's armies and the emerging federal government. It also recounts the story of frontier banking in Pittsburgh. #paperback#war#history#banking#Pennsylvania#colonialwar#revolutionarywar#finance#bookscoffeelove