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Cambridge and the British push for bimetallism
American observer recounts a Cambridge tour with Prof. Foxwell, praising the university's learning and modesty, detailing student life, fiscal sense, and the serious English shift toward bimetallism. He notes English economists broadly favor silver, arguing for international coinage to stabilize trade and debt burdens, with figures like Balfor, Courtney, and Whitny discussing policy.
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Cambridge
Britain
Philadelphia Press
Camphpag
Eng
St. John’s College, Cambridge
H. S. Foxwell
St. John’s
University College, London
England
University Town
Ouse
Ely Cathedral
Turner
London
Oxford
Villifier
Bacon
Milton
Newton
University
Prince of Wales
Philadelphia
United States
Prof
Foxwell
Fox
Robert Giffen
Whitehall Gardens
Europe
A. J. Balfour
W. Houldsworth
Chaplin
Jacob Bright
George Howard
Samuel Smith
Leonard Courtney
R. L Everett
S. Montagu
Vesey Knox
Bank of England
Germany
Austria
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Dundee
Leith
Glasgow
Heneage
Clare Sewell Read
Bristol
Manchester Guardian
Manchester Courier
The
Financial News
Lombard Street
Treasury and Board of Trade
Times
Standard
Daily News
Economist
Statist
Stock Exchange
Nicholson and
Sedgwick
Louis Mallet
D. Barbour
H. H. Gibbs
Mr. Grenfall
William Houldsworth
Prof. Foxwell
Francis A. Walker
Gen
Waler
Prof. Fox
Gen. Walker
Whitney
John Bull
W. C. Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Mr. Balfour
Balfour
Bimetallic League
John Sherman
C Brice
William Allison
D. H. Platt
D. W. Voorhees
A. D. Garman
H. ©. Lodge
W. P. Frye
G. F. Hoar
C. K. Davin
N. W. Aldrich
S M. Cullom
D. B. Hill
J. M. Carey
E. Murphy
Professor Foxwell
Mr. Foxwell
Jevons
Cornwall
Courtney
Giffen
Shylock
Mr. Gladstone
Manchester
Cobden Club
Summer
David A. Wells