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lot # 414 - ephemera political

Tuesday May 20, 2014 09:30 America/New_York
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May 20, 09:30 BST

James A. Garfield Memorabilia Including Presidential Election Ticket for President with Chester A. Arthur. Republican National Ticket flier “James A. Garfield for President”. Contains split archivally backed. Brochures exhibit minor toning. Included are speeches delivered by Hon. James A. Garfield, of Ohio: “The Currency” outlines his abhorrence for fiat “paper” money; “The Campaign of the Reserve”. July 31, 1872; “The New Scheme of American Finance” March 6, 1878; Speech decrying the Weaver amendment. Its declaration that “all currency,.....should be issued and its volume controlled by the Government, and not by or through the bank corporations of the country". These items are financially significant views in our nations fiscal and financial history. “What is old is new again…”

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