Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury ... accompanying a Bill Regulating the Currency within the United States; of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, Portugal, France and Spain; and of certain silver coins of France
Secretary of the Treasury Reports (1816)
Periodical Summary
Also appearing in the American State Papers, finance (class 3), volume 3, reports no. 477 and 483.
Paul Hybert summary (no. 477): "A short report from Treasury Secretary Dallas, responding to a request from Chairman Calhoun of the Committee on the National Currency. To answer a domestic need, the gold and silver coins of certain nations should be made legal tender for three years; he concludes with the generally accepted assessments and valuations of the pieces."
Paul Hybert summary (no. 483): "A report from Treasury Secretary Dallas, responding to a request from Chairman Calhoun of the Committee on the National Currency. The thoughts on what could be acceptable payment when collecting the dues of the Government — one idea is stamps on the notes from banks that do not pay in specie."
A transcript (no. 477) is at: http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/asp/cl03.finance/v3/n477.html
A transcript (no. 483) is at: http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/asp/cl03.finance/v3/n483.html
