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It will be one of your brightest honors that you so clearly saw and so boldly followed the path of reform; for certainly no greater boon--except liberty itself--can be conferred upon a nation than a truly national and thoroughly sound currency.
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John Sherman
Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Sherman praises the importance of a sound national currency as a fundamental reform for the nation.

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