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Debts, Public.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Great Britain. National Debt. Return of Statement of the Amount of the National Debt on the 31st Day of March 1881 (in Continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 352, of Session 2, 1880)

 Item — Box 6: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7, Folder: 27
Identifier: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Most of the 344 published works in this collection document aspects of the political, economic, scientific, educational, and religious thought of persons and groups within the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Notable topics include Seccession, the American Civil War, Emanicipation, Reconstruction, government finances, and American partisan politics. Works in the final series originated in Canada, Switzerland, France, Great Britain, and Japan.

Dates: 1857-1898

Greenback for Bonds leaflet, circa 1868

 Item — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Leaflet "issued to advertise central platform in 1868 presidential campaign of Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour. Democrats called for repayment of Civil War bonds in greenbacks rather than in gold." (Worldcat https://www.worldcat.org/title/1295638611). Recto concludes with the text of the 1862 law authorizing the first issue of Greenbacks.

Dates: circa 1868

Republican Economy. Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt! $1,611,034,754.43!!! Great Reduction of Taxes! Important Facts from Official Sources! Washington, DC: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1868

 File — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3, Folder: 18
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the printed materials in this series address financial matters at the governmental level. Topics of special note include the Bank of the United States, the national debt, trade, tariffs, and bankruptcy. Some of the publications are highly politicized. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1868

Sherman, John. Reduction of the Interest on the National Debt--to Pay Off the National Debt in 36 Years--Lightening the People's Burdens. Speech of Hon. John Sherman ... Delivered in the United States Senate, May 22, 1866. Washington: Intelligencer Printing House, 1866

 File — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3, Folder: 15
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the printed materials in this series address financial matters at the governmental level. Topics of special note include the Bank of the United States, the national debt, trade, tariffs, and bankruptcy. Some of the publications are highly politicized. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1866