Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B.F. ...W. Colburn, 1818 - 450 pages |
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... paper - money has not . Gold and silver are therefore the fittest for this medium , as they are an equivalent ; which paper never can be . 5. " That debtors in the assemblies make paper- money with fraudulent views . 6. " That in the ...
... paper - money has not . Gold and silver are therefore the fittest for this medium , as they are an equivalent ; which paper never can be . 5. " That debtors in the assemblies make paper- money with fraudulent views . 6. " That in the ...
Page 358
... paper - money , which could not be carried away . Thus , if carrying out all the gold and silver ruins a country , every colony was ruined before it made paper - money . But , far from being ruined by it , the colonies that have made use of ...
... paper - money , which could not be carried away . Thus , if carrying out all the gold and silver ruins a country , every colony was ruined before it made paper - money . But , far from being ruined by it , the colonies that have made use of ...
Page 359
... paper- money . Pennsylvania , before it made any paper- money , was totally stript of its gold and silver ; though they had from time to time , like the neigh - ` boring colonies , agreed to take gold and silver coins at higher and ...
... paper- money . Pennsylvania , before it made any paper- money , was totally stript of its gold and silver ; though they had from time to time , like the neigh - ` boring colonies , agreed to take gold and silver coins at higher and ...
Contents
RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS | 1 |
A Parable against Persecution in imitation of Scriptural | 11 |
A Parable on Brotherly Love | 21 |
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