Corporations in the American Colonies

In 1917, renowned economist Joseph S. Davis published Essays in the Earlier History of American Corporations, which included Corporations in the American Colonies, a lengthy treatise on the history of corporations dating all the way back to colonial times. As Davis notes at the beginning of his work, “The modern corporation is of ancient lineage. A thoroughly adequate account of its ancestry and early development has yet to be written. This, however, is not peculiarly a task for an American...