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Roger Sherman was in the Civil War. If you have heard of the Sherman tank that was named after him

The Roger Sherman from Connecticut (only person to sign all four early American founding and defining documents) died in 1793 - thus was not a part of the Civil War. Although he was involved in/with the creation and adoption of "the four documents", he was also instrumental in what is known as "The Great Compromise" which allowed representation based on a state's population in the lower house (of Representatives), and allowed for two senators from each state in the upper house (Senate) -- a compromise between larger states who were wanting representation based on their larger populations and smaller states concerned they would not be adequately represented in a system based solely on population. Perhaps his most important contribution was/is certainly much more obscure - "A Caveat against Injustice" - originally published in 1752 and parts of this being written into the U.S. Constitution (Art. 1 Sect. 10). The concern by Mr. Sherman was the issues relating to a fluctuating medium of exchange between neighboring colonial (and later state) governments where several forms of "money" were being widely used from one to another, making it difficult to place value on one versus the other as different areas saw the "value" of their "money" (whether "Bills of Credit", gold, silver or whatever was being used as a medium of exchange) fluctuate. The paramount concern looking into the future that Mr Sherman was warning us about was the danger of ANYONE having the ability to "create" money out of thin air. He understood how this would significantly damage the nation and create a society much different than the one they foresaw while drafting the defining original documents that set us apart from Great Britian from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. This bit of history is much less known ----

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