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We then provided for the issue of legal tender United States notes, as an extreme remedy in the nation's peril.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “We then provided for the issue of legal tender United States notes, as an extreme remedy in the nation's peril.”
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Sherman describes the issuance of legal tender notes as a desperate measure during a national crisis.
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