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Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, on the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890Jones, John P. (John Percival)

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Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, on the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890

Name: Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, on the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890
Author: Jones, John P. (John Percival)

Jones, John P. (John Percival)

Silver question -- Speeches in Congress

Uncertain|China and India  |Rice                      |Anonymous.
  Uncertain|India            |Paper bills               |Patterson,
           |                 |                          |  p. 13.
  Uncertain|China            |Pieces of silk cloth      |Ibid.
  Uncertain|Africa           |Strips of cotton cloth    |Ibid.
           |Not stated       |Wooden tallies or checks  |Ibid.
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  _Period following the discovery of the American mines._

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     A.D.  |                 |                          |
       1631|Massachusetts    |Corn a legal-tender at    |Macgreggor.
           |                 |  market prices           |
       1635|Massachusetts    |Musket-balls              |Anonymous.
       1690|Massachusetts    |Paper bills, colonial     |Macgreggor.
           |                 |  notes                   |
       1694|England          |Bank-notes                |McCulloch.
       1700|Sweden           |Copper and iron coins     |Voltaire's
           |                 |                          |  Charles XII.
       1702|South Carolina   |Colonial notes            |Macgreggor.
       1712|South Carolina   |Bank notes                |Ibid.
       1716|France           |Interconvertible paper    |Murray.
           |                 |  bills a legal-tender    |
       1723|Pennsylvania     |Paper bills, colonial     |Macgreggor.
           |                 |  notes                   |
       1732|Maryland         |Indian corn a legal-tender|Anonymous.
           |                 |  at 23d. per bushel      |
       1732|Maryland         |Tobacco a legal-tender at |Anonymous.
           |                 |  1d. per pound           |
       1776|Scotland         |Tenpenny nails for small  |Adam Smith.
           |                 |  change                  |
       1785|Frankland, State |Linen at 3s. 6d. per yard,|Wheeler's
           |  of (now part of|  whisky at 2s. 6d. per   |  History of
           |  North Carolina)|  gallon, and peltry as   |  North
           |                 |  legal-tender            |  Carolina, 94.
  1810-1840|All commercial   |Great era of bank-paper   |
           |  countries      |  bills                   |
       1826|Russia           |Platinum coins            |App. Encyc.
           |                 |  (discontinued in 1845)  |
       1847|Mexico, parts of |Cocoa beans; and at Castle|Anonymous.
           |                 |  of Perote, soap.        |
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  _Period following the openings of California and Australia._

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Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, on the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890

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