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The Specie Circular is a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act of 1834. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver (specie).[1]
^Kennedy, David M; Cohen, Bailey (2006). The American Pageant, 13th edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 256–265.
The SpecieCircular is a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act of 1834. It...
money (policy) Commodity money SpecieCircular, 1836 executive order by US President Andrew Jackson regarding hard money Specie Payment Resumption Act Species...
volatile situation. The SpecieCircular of 1836 mandated that western lands could be purchased only with gold and silver coin. The circular was an executive...
Jackson issued the SpecieCircular, an executive order that required buyers of government lands to pay in specie. The SpecieCircular undermined the public's...
and his Treasury secretary, Levi Woodbury, issued the SpecieCircular on July 11, 1836. The circular simply stated that as of August 15, 1836, banks and...
(1833–1839) U.S. Representative for TN–6 (1825–1833) Life Bank War SpecieCircular 1840 Democratic National Convention 1840 United States presidential...
in May 1837 that he would not revoke the SpecieCircular. Van Buren feared that revoking the SpecieCircular would hurt western banks, and was reluctant...
(1833–1839) U.S. Representative for TN–6 (1825–1833) Life Bank War SpecieCircular 1840 Democratic National Convention 1840 United States presidential...
mobilize the remaining money in the specie reserves, which were the reserves of gold and silver created by the SpecieCircular. These factors ultimately contributed...
the Panic of 1837. One was the SpecieCircular, which mandated western lands only be purchased by money backed by specie. The act was intended to stabilize...
Webster and his Whig allies blamed Jackson's policies, including the SpecieCircular, for the panic, but a worldwide economic downturn was a major contributing...
less.[citation needed] When U.S. President Andrew Jackson issued his SpecieCircular of 1836 due to credit shortages, Virginia Scrip was accepted as payment...
Creek Bank War Senate censure Banking in the Jacksonian Era Hard money SpecieCircular 1829 State of the Union Address 1830 State of the Union Address 1832...
interpreted contemporary politics by reference to the locofoco movement. SpecieCircular Preserved Fish Young America Movement Byrdsall, Fitzwilliam (1842)...
Jackson's economic policies, specifically his 1836 SpecieCircular. Cries of "rescind the circular!" went up and former president Jackson sent word to...
crisis. The Whigs attacked Jackson's speciecircular and demanded recharter of the Bank. Democrats defended the circular and blamed the panic on greedy speculators...
(1833–1839) U.S. Representative for TN–6 (1825–1833) Life Bank War SpecieCircular 1840 Democratic National Convention 1840 United States presidential...
(1833–1839) U.S. Representative for TN–6 (1825–1833) Life Bank War SpecieCircular 1840 Democratic National Convention 1840 United States presidential...
Dutch Church Presidency Inauguration of Martin Van Buren Panic of 1837 SpecieCircular Independent Treasury Treaty of New Echota Emerson's letter to Martin...
in Louisiana issued in 1862. 1836: SpecieCircular - Required payment for public lands be in gold and silver specie 1863: Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction...
81–96. Richard H. Timberlake, Jr.: "The SpecieCircular and Distribution of the Surplus" & "The SpecieCircular and Sales of Public Lands: A Comment" (Timberlake's...
Dutch Church Presidency Inauguration of Martin Van Buren Panic of 1837 SpecieCircular Independent Treasury Treaty of New Echota Emerson's letter to Martin...
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