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Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 to C[harles]. L[afayette]. MacArthur

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03224 Author/Creator: Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter Date: 4 January 1874 Pagination: 5 p. : Order a Copy

Thanks him for a copy of the second series of the Breitmann Ballads since his copy keeps getting stolen. The "Hiram Irvines are largely on the increase just now, and I fear the party has not the right kind of men at the front to lead them off." Feels it is possible that Congress will enact a workable monetary policy: "what is really needed, next to the resumption of specie payments, is a currency, that will at all times adapt itself to the business wants of the country." Written as Secretary of the Treasury.

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