How our national debt may be a national blessing. The debt is public wealth, political union. Protection of industry, secure basis for national currency, the orphans' and widows' savings fund . Issued by Jay Cooke, general subscription agent of the government loans

Wilkeson, Samuel

Published by M'Laughlin Brothers, printers, Philadelphia, 1865

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8vo, pp. 21, [1]; original printed tan wrappers; very good. It was Alexander Hamilton who famously said, "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." Jay Cooke, the financier of the Civil War took it one step further: "National debts are national blessings.". Seller Inventory # 58283

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Title: How our national debt may be a national ...

Publisher: M'Laughlin Brothers, printers, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1865

Binding: Soft cover