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Stable standard essential for prosperity. Speech in the Senate of the United States, February 4, 1878

Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898
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Guignard, John Gabriel, 1832-1913
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Abstract
This speech was given when the United States Senate was considering a bill to authorize the free coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal tender character. Mr. Bayard argues against the bill in this speech. He is interrupted during his speech multiple times and questioned about his points.
Issue Date
1878-02-04
Keywords
Silver question --Speeches in Congress, Coinage--United States, Bimetallism
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Public Domain. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.
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300ppi, Epson Expression 11000XL flatbed scanner with Adobe Acrobat DC software, Archival Master file is a multi-image TIFF; online version is 24-bit color, PDF/A-1b.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10827/20796
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South Carolina Historical Books