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Andrew Jackson: “The paper money system of this country may be used as an engine to undermine your free institutions.”

On the recordMarch 3, 1837
The paper money system of this country may be used as an engine to undermine your free institutions.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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