American Slavery and Finances, Volumes 1-9W. Ridgway, 1864 - Finance |
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... period of near fourteen years , by the press of Europe and America , with Reuben Davis , and that the sup- posed mistake should just now be discovered , es- pecially as Reuben Davis never was a Senator of the United States from ...
... period of near fourteen years , by the press of Europe and America , with Reuben Davis , and that the sup- posed mistake should just now be discovered , es- pecially as Reuben Davis never was a Senator of the United States from ...
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... period of the conversations before referred to , late in April or early in May last , I was , on this recital of the facts , strongly urged to make them known in Europe , to which my consent was given . After some investigation ...
... period of the conversations before referred to , late in April or early in May last , I was , on this recital of the facts , strongly urged to make them known in Europe , to which my consent was given . After some investigation ...
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... period of repudiation up to the present 66 moment , all representations of the bondholders have " been treated with disregard . About a year and a- " half back , however , one of the citizens of Mississippi , " a Mr. Robbins , admitted ...
... period of repudiation up to the present 66 moment , all representations of the bondholders have " been treated with disregard . About a year and a- " half back , however , one of the citizens of Mississippi , " a Mr. Robbins , admitted ...
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... period the Governor and Legisla- " tive Assemblies of his own State deliberately issued " fraudulent bonds for five millions of dollars to ' sus- " tain the credit of a rickety bank ; ' that the bonds " in question , having been ...
... period the Governor and Legisla- " tive Assemblies of his own State deliberately issued " fraudulent bonds for five millions of dollars to ' sus- " tain the credit of a rickety bank ; ' that the bonds " in question , having been ...
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... period more than seven years after this decision of 1842 , and still persevered , after the second similar adjudication of 1853 . The Governor , A. G. McNutt , who had signed the laws authorizing these bonds , and the bonds themselves ...
... period more than seven years after this decision of 1842 , and still persevered , after the second similar adjudication of 1853 . The Governor , A. G. McNutt , who had signed the laws authorizing these bonds , and the bonds themselves ...
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Page 44 - Yes, we are all there, — from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes to the Gulf...
Page 4 - No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
Page 18 - No national banking association shall at any time be indebted, or in any way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on account of demands of the nature following :
Page 21 - ... made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, made with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or with a view to the preference of one creditor to another, except in payment of its circulating notes, shall be utterly null and void...
Page 7 - ... secured by United States bonds, deposited with the treasurer of the United States, by the written or engraved signatures of the treasurer and register, and by the imprint of the seal of the treasury...
Page 15 - And such worn-out or mutilated notes, after a memorandum shall have been entered in the proper books, in accordance with such regulations as may be established by the Comptroller, as well as all circulating...
Page 24 - ... with intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid, every such person, being thereof convicted...
Page 4 - ... newspaper published in the city or county where the association is located for at least sixty days next after the issuing thereof: Provided, That if no newspaper is published in such city or county the certificate shall be published in a newspaper published nearest thereto.
Page 27 - That the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, is hereby authorized to borrow, from time to time, on the credit of the United States...
Page 77 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.