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The gold received from the customs was held in reserve to pay interest on the government's gold bonds . This flood of legal tender paper money , without any gold reserve behind it , and without an accompanying promise of redemption at a ...
The gold received from the customs was held in reserve to pay interest on the government's gold bonds . This flood of legal tender paper money , without any gold reserve behind it , and without an accompanying promise of redemption at a ...
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The principal and interest of the six per cent bonds was payable in gold , but the bonds could be bought with paper money . Let us consider a typical transaction made , let us say , when gold was selling at 150.
The principal and interest of the six per cent bonds was payable in gold , but the bonds could be bought with paper money . Let us consider a typical transaction made , let us say , when gold was selling at 150.
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4 Jay Gould and James Fisk , Jr. , shrewd money - makers and complete rascals , planned a speculative campaign to obtain a corner on gold in the summer of 1869. There was not much gold in the country outside the national treasury ...
4 Jay Gould and James Fisk , Jr. , shrewd money - makers and complete rascals , planned a speculative campaign to obtain a corner on gold in the summer of 1869. There was not much gold in the country outside the national treasury ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 1404749136, 9781404749139 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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