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Of the many measures of my administration of the Treasury Department, the Mint Bill of 1873 is the only one which has been made a party issue, and which has entered permanently into the policy of the country.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “Of the many measures of my administration of the Treasury Department, the Mint Bill of 1873 is the only one which has…”
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Boutwell reflects on the Mint Bill of 1873 as a significant measure of his Treasury administration.
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