The Federal Case for a Sub Treasury System
A Washington pamphlet argues the U S fiscal system is overreliant on banks and private interests. It stresses separating government finances from corporations, endorsing a Sub Treasury to collect and disburse funds, preserve gold and silver as legal tender, and promote stable currency and limited official influence.
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United Site
Army
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Baltimore
Charleston
Portland
Treasury Department
Post Office Establishment
Congress
United States
Treasury
Earth
Hell
Aet
Individua
Sonia
Friends of State Rights
Friends of Free Trade
Senate
Secretary of the
United States Bank
Excrrine Scent Describes Child’s Narrow Rescue in Paris
A little girl on a roof during a royal procession at Fontainbleau slipped but saved herself by gripping a copper spout. Her mother fainted, then rejoiced as the child clung safely until rescue. The near tragedy left both shaken yet relieved.
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Paris
Fontainbleau
Prohibition of Banking Branches and Shin Plaster Vote
In the 1836 Ohio legislature review, the Senate and House passed prohibitory bills against the Bank of the United States branches and against circulating small bills. Federalists opposed both measures while Democrats supported them, highlighting party voting patterns and opinions on currency and bank policy.
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Journal of the Senate
Bank of the United States
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Mr. Kendall
Messrs. Blake
Crouse
Hopkins
Hunt
Lidey
Medary
M’langhlin
M’mechan
Patterson
Price
Ravenscroft
Scott
Sharp
Shepler
Spangler
Taylor
Thompson
Vincent
Wellhouse
Speaker
Messrs
Allen
Cox
Donally
Florence
Granger
Houston
Howard
James Kendall
King
Kirby
Morse
Newell
Steele
Wadsworth
Nick Biddle
Pennsylvania
Ohio
House of Representatives
Senate
Senate Journal
Mr. Taylor
Blake
M’laughlin
James
Kendall
Yeas
SPECIE PAYMENTS BEGIN TO Restores Confidence In Banks
The Louisiana State Bank resumes specie payments on small notes and partial payments on larger ones with five ten and fifty dollar notes in full and larger notes at reduced percentages. Canal Bank follows with partial payments and calls for a return to a solid currency while condemning the suspension of specie. The piece argues that redeemable paper and a legal currency are essential and decries speculative manipulation of bank notes.
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Britain
Congress
Senate Chamber
House of Representatives
New York
Kentucky
West
United States
New England
Boston
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Louisiana State Bank
Canal Bank
Citizens’ Bank
Consolidated Association
Union Bank
Response to falsehoods about Judge Tappan and banks
Ohio Statesman denounces the Register of Monday last for two fabrications claiming Judge Tappan favored the Trust Company and served as a bank director. The paper asserts Bankocrats in Jefferson set a bank director against Tappan to mislead readers and mocks those spreading the untruths.
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Judge Tappan
Trust Company
Bankocrats
Jefferson
Tappan
Ohio Statesman
The French Pension List Annual Amount Revealed
The pension list shows an annual total of one and a half million dollars. It notes the French government funds pension disbursements, reflecting longstanding social welfare commitments.
Adams replies on public policy and banking crisis
In a July 1 1837 letter from Quincy Adams to William Foster, Adams outlines views on federal currency regulation, bank suspensions, and remedies for national bankruptcy. He argues for limited presidential and congressional action, opposes nullification, and likens bank fraud to counterfeiting while endorsing debt relief and hard money principles as potential cures.
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Boston Courier
Adam
Daily Advocate
William Foster
John Q. Adams
Foster
Adams
Quincey
Boston
12Th Congressional District
United States
Tom
Congress of the
New York
Virginia
Charleston
South Carolina
Congress
Solon
van Buren
Jefferson
JQ Adams
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New Orleans Bee
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