Surviving Members of the Sherman Family
John A. Logan
James G. Blaine
Surviving Members of the 34th Congress (Taken in 1888.)
Representative Ohio Men--Schenck, Cox, Pendleton
Court House at Mansfield, Ohio. 1895
Mr. Sherman's Washington Residence, "K" Street
Hallway in Mr. Sherman's Washington Residence
Dining Room in Mr. Sherman's Washington Residence

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS
VOLUME II.

J. M. Rusk, April 14, 1878
Jay Gould, October 17, 1878
Whitelaw Reid, March 29, 1878
John Jay, February 3, 1879
John W. Foster, December 15, 1878
James G. Blaine, July 3, 1879
George Bancroft, February 22, 1881
John G. Whittier, February 8, 1885
U. S. Grant, January 27, 1885
S. S. Cox, January 23, 1886
W. T. Sherman, February 3, 1891

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
VOLUME II.

CHAPTER XXXI.
EFFECT OF THE BLAND BILL ON THE COUNTRY.
An Act Passed by the House Providing for the Free Coinage of the
Silver Dollar--Mr. Ewing Makes an Attack on Resumption--Fear of
Capitalists Regarding Our National Credit--Four Per Cents. Sell
Below Par--Suspense and Anxiety Continued Throughout the Year--My
First Report as Secretary of the Treasury--Recommendations of a
Policy to be Pursued "To Strengthen the Public Credit"--Substitution
of $50,000,000 in Silver Coin for Fractional Currency--Silver as
a Medium of Circulation--Its Fluctuation in Value--Importance of
Gold as a Standard of Value--Changes in the Market Value of Silver
Since 1873.

CHAPTER XXXII.
ENACTMENT OF THE BLAND-ALLISON SILVER LAW.
Amendments to the Act Reported by the Committee on Finance--Revival
of a Letter Written by Me in 1868--Explained in Letter to Justin
S. Morrill Ten Years Later--Text of the Bland Silver Bill as Amended
by the Senate and Agreed to by the House--Vetoed by President Hayes
--Becomes a Law Notwithstanding His Objections--I Decide to Terminate
the Existing Contract with the Syndicate--Subscriptions Invited
for Four per Cent. Bonds--Preparations for Resumption--Interviews
with Committees of Both Houses--Condition of the Bank of England
as Compared with the United States Treasury--Mr. Buckner Changes
His Views Somewhat.

CHAPTER XXXIII.
SALE OF BONDS FOR RESUMPTION PURPOSES.
Arrangements Begun for the Disposal of $50,000,000 for Gold or
Bullion--Interviews with Prominent Bankers in New York--Proposition
in Behalf of the National Banks--Terms of the Contract Made with
the Syndicate--Public Comment at the Close of the Negotiations--
"Gath's" Interview with Me a