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John Tyler: “If all these assurances are not sufficient to make them available, then the idea, as it seems to me, of furnishing a…”

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If all these assurances are not sufficient to make them available, then the idea, as it seems to me, of furnishing a sound paper medium of exchange may be entirely abandoned.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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Tyler warns that without sufficient assurances, the idea of a sound paper currency may need to be abandoned.

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