SHORT ROAD TO SPECIE-CURRENCY.
Williams, John E. (1804-1877).
From Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 05 May 1997
From Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 05 May 1997
About this Item
- Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is darkened and lightly soiled & bumped with stains to the front wrap. Title, 8 pages & [1] blank leaf. The page corners are bumped. There are light vertical creases where the pamphlet has been folded. Good. This pamphlet prints a letter dated May 11th, 1874 from John E. Williams of the Metropolitan National Bank to the Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Williams was a passionate advocate of specie currency or national legal tender notes. Arguing that the Congress and the public have been prone to cling to outdated methods, he writes: "Among such useless antiquities, may be classed, 'the Suffolk Bank System,' so called, which was the most unmitigated paper-scheme ever devised; under it, millions of bank bills were redeemed without using a dollar of specie!" He proposes that "Congress assume, at once, the inherent, sovereign prerogative of a Government 'of the people, by the people, and for the people,' and exercise it by furnishing all the inhabitants of the United States with a uniform National currency!."Scarce. Seller Inventory # 34303
Bibliographic Details
Title: SHORT ROAD TO SPECIE-CURRENCY.
Publisher: (New York}: (1874). (1874).
Publication Date: 1874
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
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