I answered that the notes should be received everywhere at par with coin, but I doubted the propriety of paying coin for United States notes except at one place and that in New York, the natural center for financial operations, where most of the customs dues were paid and where coin could be most safely hoarded.
Sherman expresses his belief that notes should be accepted everywhere but suggests limitations on coin payments.
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