Usury Laws. Speech of Richard H. Dana, Jr., in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, February 14, 1867, on the Repeal of the Usury Laws.
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Link Singerman ID: supp1739
Year: 1867
Entry: Dana, Richard Henry. Usury Laws. Speech of Richard H. Dana, Jr., in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, February 14, 1867, on the Repeal of the Usury Laws. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1867. 30 p.
Author/Editor: Dana, Richard Henry
Location: Boston, MA
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: Usury Laws. Speech of Richard H. Dana, Jr., in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, February 14, 1867, on the Repeal of the Usury Laws.
Printer/Publisher: Wright & Potter
Language: English
Notes: The author of Two Years Before the Mast reviews the Mosaic law against charging interest and proceeds to characterize the Jews as loan sharks ("the Jews emerge from their alleys, and the curb-stone brokers swarm").