Specie Circular issued

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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It required payment in gold or silver for public lands. By curtailing the use of paper money, the circular at least in part produced the ensuing credit crunch and the Panic of 1837.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Specie Circular issued". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=10890, accessed 23 November 2024.]

10890 Specie Circular issued 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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