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Is there not bad faith towards creditors, who are compelled to receive what is due in a depreciated currency?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner questions the fairness of requiring creditors to accept payment in a depreciated currency, highlighting issues of trust.

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