Permanent historical factsheet

Public Credit Act

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1869Date range
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Chronological records

1869

Ulysses S Grant18 March 1869

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

The Public Credit Act promises repayment of federal obligations in coin, strengthening expectations that the United States will ultimately restore specie convertibility.

Names involved

Ulysses S Grant

Provenance

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