Chap。XXIII
OfthefirstEstablishmentofMrLaw’sBankinFrance，intheyear1716
Indeducingtheprinciplesofcredit，Ihaveitchieflyinview，tosetinafairlight，thesecurityuponwhichpapermoneyisestablished:andasIimagine，thisimportantbranchofmysubjectwillstillberenderedmoreintelligible，byanexampleoftheabusetowhichthisgreatengineofcommerceisexposed，I
nowproposetogivemyreaderashortaccountofthefamousbankofcirculationfirstestablishedinFrancebyMrLaw；butafterwardsprostitutedwhetherbydesign，orbyfatality，I
shallnotheredeterminetoservetheworstofpurposes；