Edwards Pierrepont letter, 1884 Aug. 21.

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Edwards Pierrepont letter, 1884 Aug. 21.

Letter discusses a projected publication advocating reforms in national financial policies concerning the circulation of silver. In 1887 Pierrepont published an article advocating an international treaty to restore the commercial value of the silver dollar.

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Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892

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Lawyer, of New York, N.Y., U.S. attorney general, and ambassador to Great Britain. From the description of Papers of Edwards Pierrepont, 1847-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81338859 A prominent New York lawyer and politician and Democrat who was against secession and supportive of the use of force to protect the Union. President Lincoln appointed him to try the cases of those who had been imprisoned in the North for suspected disloyalty to the Union cause and after the...