American Farmers' MovementsVan Nostrand, 1957 - 192 pages |
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Page 57
... Greenback and Greenback Labor combinations from 1876 to 1884 and had some feeble support for the next four years . Numerous tinkerings with the currency during the Civil War and afterwards added to the greenback appeal . The ...
... Greenback and Greenback Labor combinations from 1876 to 1884 and had some feeble support for the next four years . Numerous tinkerings with the currency during the Civil War and afterwards added to the greenback appeal . The ...
Page 59
... greenbacks from the existing $ 382,000,000 to $ 300,000 , - 000. In a clumsy effort to disguise this deflation , $ 5 in national bank notes was to replace each $ 4 in greenback retirement . This subterfuge did not fool the debtors of ...
... greenbacks from the existing $ 382,000,000 to $ 300,000 , - 000. In a clumsy effort to disguise this deflation , $ 5 in national bank notes was to replace each $ 4 in greenback retirement . This subterfuge did not fool the debtors of ...
Page 60
... Greenback delegation in Con- gress dropped to ten . Two years later there were only four Independents and one Greenbacker , and in 1884 , two In- dependents of Greenback leanings . In that year Benjamin F. Butler was the candidate , and ...
... Greenback delegation in Con- gress dropped to ten . Two years later there were only four Independents and one Greenbacker , and in 1884 , two In- dependents of Greenback leanings . In that year Benjamin F. Butler was the candidate , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Revolts of Indian Farmers | 11 |
Movements of Colonists | 18 |
Copyright | |
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