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With yourself at the head of the treasury department, there is no fear of public credit being shaken and commercial interests imperiled by crude and experimental legislation.
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John Sherman
Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Sherman expresses confidence in the leadership of the Treasury Department during his tenure.

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