A LETTER TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES UPON THE EXPEDIENCY OF AN UNIFORM SYSTEM OF BANKRUPTCY.
Boston: 1821. Disbound, 31pp, scattered foxing. Good+. A Massachusetts Whig closely allied with John Quincy Adams, Davis urges Congress to exercise its express constitutional power to enact a uniform bankruptcy law. The urgency to do so is magnified by the recent economic Panic. He argues, "A generous policy requires that..... More