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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
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the deposits from the United States Bank. Several orders were issued from the Treasury Department during this year to the receivers and disbursers of the public moneys and to the recognized deposit banks in relation to the receipt and payment of specie. The first of these-Feb. 22, 1836—was intended to diminish the circulation of small bank-notes and to substitute specie, especially gold, for such notes. The receipt of bank-notes of a denomination less than $5 had been prohibited after Sept. 30, 1835; and the present order prohibited their payment to any public officer or creditor. Unless otherwise prescribed by law, no such notes of a less denomination than $10 were to be received or paid after July 4 next ensuing. Deposit banks required the payment of all demands not exceeding $500 to be one-fifth in gold coin, if it should be preferred by the creditor, and they were requested not to issue, after July 4, notes less than $5, nor after March 3, 1837, less than $10. The stated objec