A Resource of War--The Credit of the Government Made Immediately Available: History of the Legal Tender Paper Money Issued During the Great Rebellion : Being a Loan Without Interest and a National CurrencyExpress Print. Company, 1869 - 253 páginas |
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adopted amendment American Exchange Bank amount army and navy authorize the issue bank bill bank notes Bank of England bearing interest bonds borrow carry certificates of deposit circulating notes Committee Congress Conkling Constitution contract coupon coupon bonds creditors DEAR SIR:-I demand notes deposit depreciated dollars E. G. SPAULDING exchange exigency expenses favor Fessenden Financial History fund gold and silver Government greenbacks holder House inflation irredeemable July legal tender act legal tender clause legal tender notes letter loan means measure ment Morrill national bank national currency necessary necessity obliged paper currency paper money passed payable present proposed public debt purpose question rate of interest rebellion received redeem redemption Roscoe Conkling Secretary Chase Senate six per cent soldiers specie payments speech Stevens sub-treasury taxation taxes tender in payment THADEUS STEVENS tion Treasury Department Treasury notes United States notes vote York
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Página 12 - And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision, at the earliest practicable period, for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Página 149 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Página 78 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Página 7 - An act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States...
Página 66 - ... the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States...
Página 35 - If a certain means to carry into effect any of the powers, expressly given by the Constitution to the government of the Union, be an appropriate measure, not prohibited by the Constitution, the degree of its necessity is a question of legislative discretion, not of judicial cognizance.
Página 17 - And such United States notes shall be received the same as coin, at their par value, in payment for any loans that may be hereafter sold or negotiated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and may be re-issued from time to time as the exigencies of the public interests shall require.
Página 163 - States, coupon or registered, as may by said holder be desired, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after five years, and payable twenty years from the date thereof.
Página 42 - New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Página 94 - States; or whoever shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States or any...