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title: 'The Legal-Tender Acts, Considered in Relation to Their Constitutionality and Their Political Economy'
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authors:
- 'Samuel Thayer Spear'
date: 1875-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Politics'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Matthew 22'
- 'Proverbs 11'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/spear-1875-the-legal-tender-acts-considered-in-relation-to-their-constitutionality-and-their-political-economy
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# The Legal-Tender Acts, Considered in Relation to Their Constitutionality and Their Political Economy

Study of the 1862–63 Legal Tender Acts: examines their constitutionality, conflicting Supreme Court rulings, Federal Convention debates, and the political economy of paper money.

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