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The history of the late national bank, through all its mutations, shows that it was not so.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “The history of the late national bank, through all its mutations, shows that it was not so.”
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Van Buren reflects on the historical failures of the national bank and its impact on the banking system.
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