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Before Scott's troops had left Mexico , and the echoes of the war were still in the air , gold was discovered in California . Within four years the gold supply of the world was quadrupled , and as this so - called precious metal ran ...
Before Scott's troops had left Mexico , and the echoes of the war were still in the air , gold was discovered in California . Within four years the gold supply of the world was quadrupled , and as this so - called precious metal ran ...
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The farmer's prosperity , Gould thinks , depends on maintaining the price of gold at a high level . With gold at a large premium the farmer can ship his wheat to Europe , and keep a stream of Europe's money flowing to us ...
The farmer's prosperity , Gould thinks , depends on maintaining the price of gold at a high level . With gold at a large premium the farmer can ship his wheat to Europe , and keep a stream of Europe's money flowing to us ...
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Corbin Deceives Everybody 415 Gold passed into the 140's and was going higher . The commotion in the Gold Room reached the front page of the newspapers , and the conservative business interests of the country were sending urgent ...
Corbin Deceives Everybody 415 Gold passed into the 140's and was going higher . The commotion in the Gold Room reached the front page of the newspapers , and the conservative business interests of the country were sending urgent ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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