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FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
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things. "Specie has been almost banished from circulation by paper." Only notes of the Bank of the United States are current everywhere. "You can outride in twenty-four hours the credit of any other bank in the country." The paper of some of the banks is depreciated. That of others is current but a short distance.