. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . {?«?/»ls/^^ft«*v«l. C\9 Fig. lI), 7Vf^^cifr^- ? Facsimile of a Vienna citj bank-note of tlieyear 1800. two loans went the .sameway. Wlun the warcame to an end, , Count ODon-ncll, was also patent of {eliruary26, 1810, promised thedesired relief by re-strii^tiiii; the quantityi)f hank-notes (l*^), aii<l redeemingthem under control ofa hoard composeil ofdeputies of the prov-inces and of chambersof commerce. To forma sinking-fund a tax of10 per cent, was im-posed on pro
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . {?«?/»ls/^^ft«*v«l. C\9 Fig. lI), 7Vf^^cifr^- ? Facsimile of a Vienna citj bank-note of tlieyear 1800. two loans went the .sameway. Wlun the warcame to an end, , Count ODon-ncll, was also patent of {eliruary26, 1810, promised thedesired relief by re-strii^tiiii; the quantityi)f hank-notes (l*^), aii<l redeemingthem under control ofa hoard composeil ofdeputies of the prov-inces and of chambersof commerce. To forma sinking-fund a tax of10 per cent, was im-posed on property. Butin February, 1811, theamount of bank-noteshad risen to 1,061,000,-000. On the one hand,want and poverty pre-vailed, and on the other,usury and stock-job-l)ing. The last adviceof ODonnell, whendying, to secularizechurch property, wasfrustrated by the influ-ence of the clergy. Thenew finance minister,Count Wallis, tried aradical OnMarch 15, 1811, thebank-notes were re-duced to a fifth of their nominal value, their suppression was to follow in exchange for redeem-able paper to the amount
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