Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)Louis Morton Hacker Van Nostrand, 1961 V. 1. From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)--v. 2. The problems of a world power (the 20th century). |
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... give them a power which might be exerted for useful and honorable purposes , or for dangerous and pernicious ones . If the lat- ter were the real and actual object , and susceptible of proof , it should have been specially charged ...
... give them a power which might be exerted for useful and honorable purposes , or for dangerous and pernicious ones . If the lat- ter were the real and actual object , and susceptible of proof , it should have been specially charged ...
Page 95
... give us . ... It must be remembered that this bill is taken up when our financial condition is not the most favorable . Gold is at a premium of between fifty and sixty per cent . , and is substantially banished from circulation . We are ...
... give us . ... It must be remembered that this bill is taken up when our financial condition is not the most favorable . Gold is at a premium of between fifty and sixty per cent . , and is substantially banished from circulation . We are ...
Page 97
... give to an individual or a corporation the power to issue his note as money at a time when he is not restrained by the necessity of paying it in gold and silver , you give him practically the power to coin money . ... Sir , while I ...
... give to an individual or a corporation the power to issue his note as money at a time when he is not restrained by the necessity of paying it in gold and silver , you give him practically the power to coin money . ... Sir , while I ...
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Economic Provisions of the Constitution of the United States 71 | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 11 |
The Tariff and Tonnage Acts of July 4 and July 20 1789 | 15 |
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37th Congress acres aforesaid Alexander Hamilton American amount authorized bank benefit bill bonds bullion canals carpets census Central Pacific Railroad cents per pound cents per square centum ad valorem citizen or citizens Congress conspiracy Constitution contract corporation cotton criminal debt demand deposit directors duty employed established exceeding Federal fifty cents foreign furnish further enacted gold and silver Government hereby hundred immigration important improvements increase industry interest iron issue labor legal tender less manufacture ment millions of dollars National Banking Act national currency operation paid paper money payment person production public lands purchase purposes race roads Secretary sections SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT ships or vessels silver coin square yard stockholders taxes thereof thirty per centum three-dollar piece tion township Treasury twenty twenty-five per centum U. S. Statutes United States notes vote wages wire gauge