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爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

"I had no knowledge of what amount of money there might be in Chambersburg. I knew that it was a town of some twelve thousand inhabitants. The town of Frederick, in Maryland, which was a much smaller town than Chambersburg, had in June very promptly responded to my demand on it for $200,000, some of the inhabitants, who were friendly to me, expressing a regret that I had not made it $500,000. There were one or more National Banks at Chambersburg, and the town ought to have been able to raise the sum I demanded. I never heard that the refusal was based on the inability to pay such a sum, and there was no offer to pay any sum. The value of the houses destroyed by Hunter, with their contents, was fully $100,000 in gold, and at the time I made the demand the price of gold in greenbacks had very nearly reached $3.00 and was going up rapidly. Hence it was that I required the $500,000 in greenbacks, if the gold was not paid, to provide against any further depreciation of the paper money.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 328 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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我不清楚钱伯斯堡到底有多少钱。我知道它大约有一万二千人。马里兰州的弗雷德里克镇比它小得多,六月时却很快答应了我二十万美元的要求,还有人遗憾我没要五十万。钱伯斯堡有一两家国民银行,按理拿得出我要的数目。我没听说拒绝是因为付不起,也没人提出付任何数目。亨特烧掉的房子连同财物,值足十万金币;我提要求时,金币换绿背纸币已近三比一,还在涨。所以我要五十万绿背纸币,是防纸币再贬值。

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出自博克回忆录中引述的美国内战时期南方将领向北方城镇索赔的史料,涉及战争赔偿与货币贬值。

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如果你要索赔或谈判,会不会先算清对方的能力和货币风险,再开口要价?

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