Found article with good description of Bank act. PR's ideas regarding issuance of currency notes.
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Found article with good description of Bank act. PR's ideas regarding issuance of currency notes.
Received JH's note. Will vote as JH advised. Bill is scheduled [to be read] on 13 May.
Encloses papers from J. B. Smith, supporter of weights and measures bill. [JH's daughters] Maria and Amelia visited House [of Commons] yesterday, but ladies's gallery was full and they could not observe proceedings. Trial of American president [Andrew Johnson] is political farce.
Returns petition to JH. Read JH's paper. Venomous propositions [in House of Commons].
Sends pamphlet on repaying the national debt. Discusses various problems and possibilities concerning the debt.
Thanks JH for translation of [Friedrich] Schiller's 'The Walk.' Reform bill will again be before the House tomorrow. Denounces mischief of the Radicals.
Insists that artificial representations of capital-currency, checks, bills, titles, etc.-are not capital. Examines arguments on both sides of issue.