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1888 One Hundred Years Ago

March 2024
1min read

Reviewing the nation’s financial situation in its December 1 issue, Harper’s Weekly gave voice to a worry that today seems inconceivable. Treasury estimates had projected a surplus of $203 million for 1890: “This prefigures a situation demanding imperatively enormous reduction of revenue or utterly reckless expenditure.”

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