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Brown, Fenner, 1791-1869 [Memorial to Rhode Island Assembly attacking the Banks]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06305 Author/Creator: Brown, Fenner, 1791-1869 Place Written: Cumberland, Rhode Island Type: Broadside Date: 1839/10 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy

Appeal to Rhode Island Assembly, complaining of the banks' refusal to pay its debts, or pay for its currency. Calls to "abolish the whole system of banks at once." Signed in type by Brown, White, "and 4 others."

Brown, Fenner, 1791-1869
White, Aaron Jr., fl. 1839

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