The United States of North America as They are: Not as They are Generally Described: Being a Cure for RadicalismLongman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840 - 517 páginas |
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... notes of a less denomination than five dollars , to be paid , in silver or gold , on demand . You are not unacquainted with the fact , that about the 10th of May , 1837 , these banks all simultaneously stopped payment ; they had all the ...
... notes of a less denomination than five dollars , to be paid , in silver or gold , on demand . You are not unacquainted with the fact , that about the 10th of May , 1837 , these banks all simultaneously stopped payment ; they had all the ...
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... notes , to as low an amount as two - pence farthing each . To these notes the people gave the name of " shin - plasters , " an appropriate though not very delicate appellation . The filthy term is , however , used by gover- nors in ...
... notes , to as low an amount as two - pence farthing each . To these notes the people gave the name of " shin - plasters , " an appropriate though not very delicate appellation . The filthy term is , however , used by gover- nors in ...
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... notes . But the law runs so , that , if you sued for more than five dollars at a time , the bankers could appeal from the decision of a magistrate , and carry the suit from court to court ; several of such suits having been commenced in ...
... notes . But the law runs so , that , if you sued for more than five dollars at a time , the bankers could appeal from the decision of a magistrate , and carry the suit from court to court ; several of such suits having been commenced in ...
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... notes , and offered them a five - dollar note of their own bank . Sir , " said the lawyer , " that is not a lawful tender . " He then triumphantly demanded a nonsuit ; but the magistrate said No , he would adjourn the court for three ...
... notes , and offered them a five - dollar note of their own bank . Sir , " said the lawyer , " that is not a lawful tender . " He then triumphantly demanded a nonsuit ; but the magistrate said No , he would adjourn the court for three ...
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... note , and so it is a genu - ine note . Sir , it is ridiculous to talk in this way ; for in this very bank , not long since , there were some forged notes paid as deposits , and it was not until a long time after that this fact was ...
... note , and so it is a genu - ine note . Sir , it is ridiculous to talk in this way ; for in this very bank , not long since , there were some forged notes paid as deposits , and it was not until a long time after that this fact was ...
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