Writing twenty years later of economic conditions during the period now under review, Marshall says: "Real property was scarcely vendible; and sales of any article for ready money could be made only at a ruinous loss....
Beveridge quotes John Marshall reflecting on the economic challenges of his time, highlighting the difficulties in selling property.
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