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Bi-Metallic Convention Speech Calls for Silver Restoration
The National Bi-Metallic Convention in Chicago drew over 50 delegates from 42 states and territories. Speeches praised free silver, urged repeal of demonetization, and called for open minting of gold and silver at 16:1, denouncing Sherman act policies and foreign influence.
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Chicago
Friends of Silver
Congress
United States
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham
Pharaohs
Ernest Seyd
London
Washington
Grant
Daniel Webster
James G. Blaine
the Treasury
John G. Carlisle
House of Representatives
Europe
John Sherman
Ohio
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