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The property tax as a coordinating device: Financing Indiana's Mammoth Internal Improvement System, 1835-1842

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  • Wallis, John Joseph, 2003. "The property tax as a coordinating device: Financing Indiana's Mammoth Internal Improvement System, 1835-1842," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 40(3), pages 223-250, July.
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