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Business Incorporations in the United States, 1800-1943

by
George Heberton Evans, Jr.

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George Heberton Evans, Jr. 
Business Incorporations in the United States : 1800-1943
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.


Compilation of Sources Cited:
		
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