 | David Hackett Fischer - 2005 - 880 sider
...American cents ... do not answer our expectations," a correspondent wrote. "The chain on the reverse is but a bad omen for liberty, and Liberty herself appears to be in a fright." The next issue of the coin changed the face of liberty and replaced the chain with a wreath. Subsequent... | |
 | Ivy Press - 2006 - 454 sider
...issue of Philadelphia's The Mail, or Claypoole's Daily Advertiser opined, "The chain on the reverse is but a bad omen for Liberty, and Liberty herself appears to be in a fright." However wags of the day may have referred to the Chain cent, attitudes eventually changed. 1793 cents... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - 2006 - 641 sider
...says one of the grumblers, "does not answer our expectation. The chain on the reverse is but a had omen for liberty, and Liberty herself appears to be in a fright. May she not cry out, in the words of the Apostle: ' Alexander the coppersmith has done me much harm; the Lord reward... | |
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The chain on the reverse is but a bad omen for liberty, and Liberty herself appears to be in a fright. May she not justly cry out, in the words of the Apostle, ' Alexander the coppersmith has done me much harm ; the Lord reward him according to his works... 
