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This effort to contract the currency was firmly resisted by several Senators, myself among them.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “This effort to contract the currency was firmly resisted by several Senators, myself among them.”
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Sherman recalls his opposition to efforts aimed at contracting the currency supply.
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