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[A Bill that Establishes a Redemption Fund and a Division of Issue and Redemption in the Treasury]
Partial article. Outlines the different sections relating to redemption of notes and depositing in the treasury.
GLC02691.12.07
17 August 1897
Graves, John Temple (fl. 1897)
Replies to Ex-Governor Bullock-Some Fearless Facts on the Race Questions
Author Graves feels the race problem is indestructible and universal, not likely to ever go away even with the appointment of blacks in Southern offices. He cites several examples where blacks are discriminated against in the North. Small...
GLC02691.12.09
28 November 1898
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
[Draft letter]
Discusses appointing a governor to Havana, Cuba. Written in pencil on Executive Mansion letterhead. Some words have been retouched by another hand.
GLC00970
03 January 1899
[Presidential pardon of Bay-bah-Maush who had been convicted of resisting arrest in October 1898 and sentenced to 8 months in Otter Tail County Jail]
Bay-bah-Maush, an Indian, was pardoned by McKinley. No reason for pardon mentioned. Countersigned by Attorney General John W. Griggs.
GLC00943
22 August 1879
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
[Douglass quotation on each citizen's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness]
One note from Frederick Douglass dated August 22, 1879. Writes that the government owes every citizen equal opportunity to live and when it does not provide this service should be overthrown.
GLC01116
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