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Meredith, William Morris (1799-1873) to Daniel Webster

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.66 Author/Creator: Meredith, William Morris (1799-1873) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1850 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18.1 x 11.2 cm. Order a Copy

Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, writes, "[th]e Law limits the amount to be applied in exchanging coin for bullion to $1,000,000. This sum is in existing circumstances too small, & I have already written to the Chmn. [Chairman] of the Commt [Committee] of Commerce in the House advising that it should be doubled."

Meredith, William Morris, 1799-1873
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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