[reydequeso]

>who is going to read a book about 19th century finance

What recommendations do you have?

[scoofy]

you can start with the investopedia entry:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wildcat-banking.asp

here's a whitepaper from the Atlanta Fed,

caution PDF:

https://maysweb.tamu.edu/sage/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/20...