The First Wall Street
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
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When Americans think of finance, they think of Wall Street. However, during the dawn of the republic, Philadelphia was the financial hub. Robert Wright recounts the history of Chestnut Street and its forgotten role in the birth of the American economy.
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