Interesting Wikipedia Links on Central Banking and Free Banking in the US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_central_banking_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Warburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Warburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_banking

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/essays/general/a-brief-history-of-central-banking/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveriges_Riksbank