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Price of Gold

Banker J. P. Morgan rescued the dollar and bailed out the nation.

On February 5, 1895, the Jupiter of American banking, J. P. Morgan, took the train from New York to Washington to see the president. He had no appointment but came to discuss matters of grave national interest.

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