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Financial history The magazine of the Museum of American Finance in association with the Smithsonian Institution Issue 122 • Summer 2017 (ISSN 1520-4723) Kristin Aguilera Editor EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Howard A. Baker, Esq. Howard Baker Associates Lawrence A. Cunningham IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES 10 The Poverty of Slavery Economic growth and slavery, then and now.   By Robert E. Wright 15 Taxing to Build a Commonwealth Public finance in America, 1607–1861.   By W. Elliot Brownlee The George Washington University Brian Grinder Eastern Washington University Gregory DL Morris Freelance Journalist Arthur W. Samansky The Samansky Group Bob Shabazian American Stock Exchange (ret.) Myles Thompson Columbia Business School Publishing Robert E. Wright Augustana University Jason Zweig The Wall Street Journal 20 Ladies of the Ticker Pioneering women stockbrokers from the 1880s to the 1920s.   By George Robb ART DIRECTION Alan Barnett Design MUSEUM STAFF David J. Cowen, President/CEO Kristin Aguilera, Deputy Director Tony Critelli, Accountant Maura Ferguson, Director of Exhibits Chris Meyers, Director of Education Sarah Poole, Collections Manager Linda Rapacki, Managing Director of Visitor Services and Operations Mindy Ross, Director, External Relations Copyright © 2017 by the Museum of American Finance, publisher, 48 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. Telephone: 212-908-4110; fax: 212-742-0573. All rights reserved. Financial History is the official membership magazine of the Museum of American Finance. 24 John J. Kiernan Business journalism pioneer, 1845–1893.   By Rob Wells 28 Creditworthy A history of consumer surveillance and financial identity in America.   By Josh Lauer 32 The New Iron Age West Point Foundry on the Hudson pioneered heavy manufacturing.   By Gregory DL Morris 2    FINANCIAL HISTORY  |  Summer 2017  | www.MoAF.org