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... operations , it will be ob- viously perceived , that , if the bank is allowed to sell stocks acquired by spe- cial agreements with the Government , it can secure , by speculations , all the advantages which the Government might possess ...
... operations , it will be ob- viously perceived , that , if the bank is allowed to sell stocks acquired by spe- cial agreements with the Government , it can secure , by speculations , all the advantages which the Government might possess ...
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... operations of the Government , The committee approach the last ground , which is the building houses to rent or sell , and erecting other structures in aid of that object . They will merely present the fact and the law , and leave the ...
... operations of the Government , The committee approach the last ground , which is the building houses to rent or sell , and erecting other structures in aid of that object . They will merely present the fact and the law , and leave the ...
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... operations amount to two or three hundred millions of money , whose influence extends to the remotest parts of the Union , and whose connection with the Federal Government gives it a public character . Impressed with the importance of ...
... operations amount to two or three hundred millions of money , whose influence extends to the remotest parts of the Union , and whose connection with the Federal Government gives it a public character . Impressed with the importance of ...
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... operation . The subject of the bank's furnishing bills of exchange for the trade of India , China , and South America , has ... operations were commenced with specie and not with bills purchased in the manner described ; for the merchant ...
... operation . The subject of the bank's furnishing bills of exchange for the trade of India , China , and South America , has ... operations were commenced with specie and not with bills purchased in the manner described ; for the merchant ...
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... operations . Whilst this is effecting , the com- munity , in all its relations , will be greatly distressed . Considering the ex- tent of the suffering , it is greatly to be desired that some good may result from it . " The committee ...
... operations . Whilst this is effecting , the com- munity , in all its relations , will be greatly distressed . Considering the ex- tent of the suffering , it is greatly to be desired that some good may result from it . " The committee ...
Términos y frases comunes
amount Andrew Low Answer April August Baltimore Bank United bills of exchange board of directors Boston branch bank Burrows Cambreleng capital cash'r Cashier Cave Johnson cent charges Charleston charter Chillicothe Cincinnati circulation Clayton Congress currency dated debt December deposites discount day dollars drawer duty endorsed examination February Government Hope & Co House hundred increase institution interest J. G. Biddle J. W. Webb James Watson Webb January John July June letter loan M. M. Noah March McDuffie McIlvaine ment millions months Nicholas Biddle October operations opinion Orleans paid paper parent bank payable pension Philadelphia Portsmouth present president and directors purchase Question real estate received recollect resolution Savannah Secretary specie payments statement stockholders subscriber Thomas Biddle Thomas Cadwalader tion transactions Treasury usury Washington Whitney Wilson York
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Página 90 - Representatives passed a resolution, by a vote of 144 yeas to 6 nays, concurring "in the views of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the necessity of a contraction of the currency, with a view to as early a resumption of specie payments as the business interests of the country will permit," and pledging "cooperative action to this end as speedily as possible.
Página 330 - States, to be collected and paid in the legal currency of the United States, or treasury notes, or notes of the bank of the United States as by law provided and declared, or in notes of banks which are payable and paid on demand in the said legal currency of the United States...
Página 49 - And bills or notes, which may be issued by order of the said corporation, signed by the president, and countersigned by the principal cashier...
Página 327 - Authorized to issue notes, which will be received in all payments to the United States, the circulation of its issues will be coextensive with the Union ; and there will exist a constant demand, bearing a just proportion to the annual amount of the duties and taxes to be collected...
Página 89 - His health is good, except as to the stone, which does not grow worse. I thank you for your attention to my request about the books, which Mr. Barclay writes me he has forwarded from Cadiz. I have the honor to be, with great respect, Dear Sir, your most obedient humble servant, TH: JEFFERSON.
Página 400 - That a select committee be appointed to inspect the books, and examine into the proceedings of the Bank of the United States, to report thereon, and to report whether the provisions of its charter have been violated or not...
Página 20 - It is the preservation of a good currency that can alone impart stability to property, and prevent those fluctuations in its value, hurtful alike to individual and to national wealth. This advantage the bank has secured to the community, by confining within prudent limits its issues of paper...
Página 378 - ... to the legislative and documentary history of the Bank of the United States, compiled by the indefatigable research and industry of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and his associate. But a large portion of the questions might, with more propriety, be addressed in a circular to the presidents of all tin: banks in the four quarters of the globe, than to the president of the Bank of the United States.
Página 52 - Cope offered the following resolution, which was, on motion, adopted: Resolved, That the...
Página 1 - ... a select committee be appointed to inspect the books and examine into the proceedings of the said Bank, who shall report whether the provisions of the charter have been violated or not...