Benjamin H. Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury, breaks the “Whiskey Ring,” a conspiracy of distillers and Bureau of Internal Revenue agents that were diverting receipts from the federal excise tax on whiskey into the re-election campaign of Republican (nationalist) President Grant.
[restored 5/8/2022]
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
U.S. Banking Timeline
www.libertyforlife.com/banking/currency-us-timeline.html
Whiskey Ring – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Ring
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