Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced and Held at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volumen8Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 |
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... citizens who had their engage . ments with the banks in various modes . It had been asserted by the delegate from Susquehanna , who opened the question , that the suspen- sion of specie payments was a conspiracy by the banks of the ...
... citizens who had their engage . ments with the banks in various modes . It had been asserted by the delegate from Susquehanna , who opened the question , that the suspen- sion of specie payments was a conspiracy by the banks of the ...
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... citizens are operatives throughout the commonwealth , and almost every man depends upon his daily occupation for the means of support in life . The mechanic and the manufacturer and the merchant receive their returns for their labor not ...
... citizens are operatives throughout the commonwealth , and almost every man depends upon his daily occupation for the means of support in life . The mechanic and the manufacturer and the merchant receive their returns for their labor not ...
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... citizens , our manufac- turers and mechanics , it is of more consequence . Some of these pay weekly , in wages to their workmen , from five hundred to three thou- sand dollars . Supposing a man's wages to be less than ten dollars a week ...
... citizens , our manufac- turers and mechanics , it is of more consequence . Some of these pay weekly , in wages to their workmen , from five hundred to three thou- sand dollars . Supposing a man's wages to be less than ten dollars a week ...
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... citizens ? The bank assuredly did not apply to the printers , but the printers , like all other borrowers , applied to the bank , and were treated in the same manner . If they offered satisfactory paper , they were accommodated ; if not ...
... citizens ? The bank assuredly did not apply to the printers , but the printers , like all other borrowers , applied to the bank , and were treated in the same manner . If they offered satisfactory paper , they were accommodated ; if not ...
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... citizens , and were incapable of using the funds of the bank , to any sinister purpose whatever ; and as to myself , that I never borrowed a dollar from the bank , or had the use of any of its funds , while a director , nor at any other ...
... citizens , and were incapable of using the funds of the bank , to any sinister purpose whatever ; and as to myself , that I never borrowed a dollar from the bank , or had the use of any of its funds , while a director , nor at any other ...
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