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Unknown (fl. 1868) [Absolute Money]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03972.18 Author/Creator: Unknown (fl. 1868) Place Written: [various places] Type: Printed document Date: 1880 Pagination: 2p. ; 8.2 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

"One Thousand Dollars, Redeemable nowhere, in nothing and by nobody. The law directs that this money shall circulate freely. Whent his note has been spent, another may be had upon application at the U. S. Treasury"

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