Treasury moves to refund Civil War bonded debt

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• The House of Morgan - An American Banking Dynasty and the whole source · open book

  In 1873, Washington decided to refund, at lower interest rates, the $300 million in bonded debt remaining from the Civil War. Until then, Jay Cooke—Tony Drexel’s main Philadelphia rival—reigned as the white-bearded emperor of federal finance.

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