found: The financial question, 1878?:title page (T.W. Ferry)
found: Wikipedia, September 15, 2023:Thomas W. Ferry (Thomas White Ferry; born June 10, 1827 on Mackinac Island, Michigan; died October 13, 1896 in Grand Haven, Mich.; member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1850 to 1852; the Michigan State Senate in 1856; member of U.S. House March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871; member of U.S. Senate March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871; President pro tempore of the United States Senate President pro tempore March 9, 1875-March 17, 1879)
found: Greenbacks as good as gold, 1878:t.p. (Hon. Thomas W. Ferry; U.S. Senator from Michigan)
found: OCLC, 11/13/97(hdgs.: Ferry, Thomas W., Ferry, Thomas White, 1827-1896; usage: Thomas W. Ferry)
found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 7, 2024:(Ferry, Thomas White, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in the old mission house of the Astor Fur Co. on Mackinac Island, Mich., June 10, 1827; moved with his parents to Grand Haven, Mich.; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member, State house of representatives 1850-1852; member, State senate 1856; delegate to the Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871); reelected to the Forty-second Congress, but resigned, having been elected Senator; elected to the United States Senate in 1871, reelected in 1877, and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1883; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses; chairman, Committee on Rules (Forty-third through Forty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Forty-fifth and Forty-seventh Congresses); presided over the high court of impeachment of Secretary of War William Belknap and over the sixteen joint meetings of the Senate and House of Representatives during the Hayes-Tilden presidential electoral contest in 1877; died in Grand Haven, Mich., October 13, 1896; interment in Lake Forest Cemetery.)
