
          would have to be thousandths, a most serious
 inconvenience. If Farr's proposition should
 carry, we doubtless would imitate it, but
 using the Florin for a unit. The French
 are dissatisfied with their unit & have a
 variety of projects of change. Their centimes
 are too small. If the British do not change this
 weight of their gold they will make 100 half-pence = 1 florin & 10 fl = [British Pound symbol] 1


 I think I could furnish Garrison
 with a very readable article which
 would reach the British readers. If not
 I think I will try in some way to reach
 Dr Farr, only I know not how.


 I would like to have you write me
 soon, as there are now three different
 schemes of change introduced into Congress,
 not less than two in the British Association
 and two at least proposed in France, Mine
 is the eighth, unless you call it identical
 with Farr's as it probably is. One coin
 proposed is smaller than my stiven, a hundredth
 of the British Florin, or two-shillings
 [piece?].


 Will you note that my scheme establishes
 an absolute ratio between the value of
 standard [?] [as any?] [commodity?] sold by
 metric weights? For example [?] a
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