Was It Andros?

The article discusses a pamphlet regarding the creation of a bank. The author notes that a pamphlet discussing the establishment of a bank of credit was reprinted in Boston, Massachusetts. Julius H. Tuttle, former president of the Dedham Historical Society, found pages from the original pamphlet used as fly-leaves for a book, revealing alterations in the pamphlet. The author examines whether former Connecticut governor John Winthrop or banker John Blackwell could have devised the plan outlined in the pamphlet. He suggests former New England governor Edmund Andros may have disrupted a plan to establish a bank based on the concepts of the pamphlet.