Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 to C[harles]. L[afayette]. MacArthur

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GLC#
GLC03224
Type
Letters
Date
4 January 1874
Author/Creator
Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890
Title
to C[harles]. L[afayette]. MacArthur
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
5 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Thanks him for a copy of the second series of the Breitmann Ballads since his copy keeps getting stolen. The "Hiram Irvines are largely on the increase just now, and I fear the party has not the right kind of men at the front to lead them off." Feels it is possible that Congress will enact a workable monetary policy: "what is really needed, next to the resumption of specie payments, is a currency, that will at all times adapt itself to the business wants of the country." Written as Secretary of the Treasury.

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