Charles Sumner: “I confess my constant desire for measures to withdraw our greenbacks…”

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I confess my constant desire for measures to withdraw our greenbacks and to make our present bank-notes coin notes.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his desire to replace greenbacks with coin notes for a more stable currency.

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Charles Sumner: “I confess my constant desire for measures to withdraw our greenbacks and to make our present bank-notes coin notes.”