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I ntroduction, -5 No National Currency at commencement of War, -5 War carried on upon credit and taxation, ------ 5L egal Tender act a War measure, --5 29 Loan of $150,000,000 by the Associated Banks, 7W ho composed the Committee of Ways and Means, -- -- 7S ub-C ommittee, Messrs. Spaulding, Hooper and Corning, -8 Secretary Chase sfinancial plan, a bank and taxation, -- -8 11 Mr. Chase does not recommend legal tender, ------ 10 Bank bill prepared by Mr. Spaulding, ------ 11 12 Erastus Coming sletter on the Bank bill, 12 Origin of the Legal Tender act, --- 13 Legal Tender bill introduced by Mr. Spaulding, 14 Ways and Means divided on the bill, 15 Opinion of Attorney General Bates, -..----15 Ways and Means agree to report the bill, -- -- -16 Bill reported by Mr. Spaulding, ia Mr. Spaulding sletter to Isaac Sherman. New York, 17 Isaac Sherman sletter, ----------is The Press in New York opposed to the act, 19 Meeting of Bank Delegates in Washington to oppose the bill, -- 19 Meeting of Delegates and Committees at Treasury Department, -19 Their plan to raise money to carry on the War, -20 Secretary Chase modifies their plan, 21 Opposition to the Bank plan, 22 Letters of M. H. Grinell, L. F. Allen and Mr. Ganson, -- 23 Letters of J. W, Simonton, T. Denny Co., J. E. Williams, -24 25 Section for $500,000,000 of 5-20 bonds, -26 Letter of Secretary Chase, January 22, 1862, 27 National I ntelligencer, Col. Seaton, etc., -- 28 Mr. Spaulding sopening Speech on the bill, ------ 28 Value of the Real and Personal property, $16,159,616,068, -- 41 Mr. Vallandigham offers a substitute, 43 Mr.
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