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Book/Printed Material In the Senate of the United States. August 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 42.) The Finance Committee, directed by resolution of the Senate on the 8th instant, instructed "to enquire into and report upon the propriety of correcting by law the present erroneous statement of the relative values of the dollar and the pound sterling, and, further, upon the feasibility of some mutual plan whereby the relative values of the unitary coins aforesaid can be made easily and exactly commensurable," report as follows Cited as: S. Rept. 34-288

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  • In the Senate of the United States. August 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 42.) The Finance Committee, directed by resolution of the Senate on the 8th instant, instructed "to enquire into and report upon the propriety of correcting by law the present erroneous statement of the relative values of the dollar and the pound sterling, and, further, upon the feasibility of some mutual plan whereby the relative values of the unitary coins aforesaid can be made easily and exactly commensurable," report as follows

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Rept. 34-288

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
  • Pearce, James Alfred 1805-1862
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856.

Headings

  • -  Coins
  • -  Coinage
  • -  Coins, Foreign
  • -  International relations
  • -  Standards

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (2 p.).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 34-1:S.RP.288
  • Y 1.1/2:837

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022691111

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  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Finance, James Alfred Pearce, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. Senate. In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. To accompany Joint Resolution S. 42. The Finance Committee, directed by resolution of the Senate on the 8th instant, instructed "to enquire into and report upon the propriety of correcting by law the present erroneous statement of the relative values of the dollar and the pound sterling, and, further, upon the feasibility of some mutual plan whereby the relative values of the unitary coins aforesaid can be made easily and exactly commensurable," report as follows. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022691111/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Finance, Pearce, J. A., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. Senate, A. (1856) In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. To accompany Joint Resolution S. 42. The Finance Committee, directed by resolution of the Senate on the 8th instant, instructed "to enquire into and report upon the propriety of correcting by law the present erroneous statement of the relative values of the dollar and the pound sterling, and, further, upon the feasibility of some mutual plan whereby the relative values of the unitary coins aforesaid can be made easily and exactly commensurable," report as follows. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022691111/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Finance, et al. In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. To accompany Joint Resolution S. 42. The Finance Committee, directed by resolution of the Senate on the 8th instant, instructed "to enquire into and report upon the propriety of correcting by law the present erroneous statement of the relative values of the dollar and the pound sterling, and, further, upon the feasibility of some mutual plan whereby the relative values of the unitary coins aforesaid can be made easily and exactly commensurable," report as follows. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022691111/>.