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Thank you, Sir, for this vast treasure of information. I am certainly out of my depth in attempting to respond or even reply to the points you brought up, even if I am certain I would disagree with the characterization of the Southern economy as "command." I'll see if I can review it in a little bit more depth over the next day or so, and see if I can even begin to address it; but I doubt I will be able to do so without considerable more research. I'm afraid you are light-years ahead of me in that regard, to no-one's surprise. :)

I'm very interested to see how your continuing research goes. It'll be interesting to see how the "other" class of property behaved in a financial market, as I don't know of any other historian that's really analyzed that data, to date. I'm always partial to primary sources myself, so I'll be sure to dig them out of the materials you've sent to me already and do my own footwork where I can. Your books will continue to hold a treasured place on my bookshelves, of course! :)

It is, as always, a truly humbling experience to be able to speak with such a renowned scholar as yourself in this forum. I will continue to hold you, with

Warmest regards,
~dt~