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Quotation from Hepburn v. Griswold by Supreme Court of the United States
“But what was needed was something more than the credit of the government.”
Hepburn v. Griswold, Dissent of Justice Miller (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Miller answers the argument that plain treasury notes without tender status would have served the war effort as well.
Citation: "But what was needed was something more than the credit of the government." — Supreme Court of the United States, Hepburn v. Griswold, Dissent of Justice Miller (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id hepburn-v-griswold-q6)
Portrait: Mathew Brady, Portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, officer of the United States government (1860–1865, full version) (1), Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain.
