FOND DU LAC, WIS., SEPT. 20TH, 1862. A.G. RUGGLES, ESQ., DEAR SIR:- I HAVE READ WITH GREAT INTEREST AND ATTENTION YOUR PAMPHLET ENTITLED 'A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF FINANCE, SUITED TO A WAR OR PEACE ESTABLISHMENT, REGULATING EXCHANGES, AND MAKING SPECIE PLENTY.'...
[Fond du Lac? 1862]. 3, [1 blank] pp, caption title [as issued]. Folded, lightly worn, print with a bit of fading in one area, else about Very Good. Tallmadge, who had been a Democratic Senator from New York, was appointed Governor of the Wisconsin Territory, after which he remained in Wisconsin. This rare printed Letter expresses agreement with Ruggles's proposal to "issue legal tender notes with coupons attached, bearing an interest of 3.65 per cent." Doing so will supply enough money for the country's needs, "without ever resorting to foreign loans." OCLC locates only the copy at the Rutherford Hayes Presidential Center in Ohio. OCLC 53925809 [1]. Not in Sabin or Bartlett. Item #23874
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