Journal Article Ronald E. Seavoy. The Origins of the American Business Corporation, 1784–1855: Broadening the Concept of Public Service during Industrialization. (Contributions in Legal Studies, number 19.) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 1982. Pp. xii, 314. $29.95 Get access Seavoy Ronald E.. The Origins of the American Business Corporation, 1784–1855: Broadening the Concept of Public Service during Industrialization. (Contributions in Legal Studies, number 19.) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 1982. Pp. xii, 314. $29.95. Elisha P. Douglass Elisha P. Douglass University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 88, Issue 1, February 1983, Pages 180–181, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/88.1.180 Published: 01 February 1983