Salmon Portland ChaseDecember 1861
Civil War financing pressures lead banks and the federal government to suspend specie payments, temporarily breaking ordinary redemption of paper currency in gold.
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Civil War financing pressures lead banks and the federal government to suspend specie payments, temporarily breaking ordinary redemption of paper currency in gold.
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