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A $5 United States Note of the series of 1862 popularly known as a "greenback" from the color of ink used on the reverse. The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 greatly affected the financial system of the United States of America, creating vast new war-related expenditures while disrupting the flow of tax revenue from the Southern United States, organized as the Confederate States of America.
Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. [1] They were in two forms: Demand Notes , issued in 1861–1862, [ 1 ] and United States Notes , issued in 1862–1865. [ 2 ]
The 1884 Greenback Party National Convention assembled in English's Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Delegates from 28 states and the District of Columbia were in attendance. The convention nominated Benjamin F. Butler for president over Party Chairman Jesse Harper on the first ballot.
The Greenback Party was a newcomer to the political scene in 1880, having arisen, mainly in the nation's West and South, as a response to the economic depression that followed the Panic of 1873. During the Civil War , Congress had authorized " greenbacks ", a form of money redeemable in government bonds rather than in then-traditional gold.
Greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias), the easternmost subspecies of cutthroat trout in the US; Greenback flounder (Rhombosolea tapirina), a species of flounder found in Australasian waters; Greenback horse mackerel (Trachurus declivis), a species of jack found in Australasian waters
The 1876 Greenback National Convention was held in Indianapolis in the spring of 1876. The Greenback Party had been organized by agricultural interests in Indianapolis in 1874 to urge the federal government to inflate the economy through the mass issuance of paper money called greenbacks .
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Greenback Party members of the United States House of Representatives (9 C, 1 P) A. Alabama Greenbacks (1 C)
Juilliard v. Greenman, 110 U.S. 421 (1884), was a Supreme Court of the United States case in which issuance of greenbacks as legal tender in peacetime was challenged. The Legal Tender Acts of 1862 and 1863 were upheld. Augustus D. Juilliard sold and delivered 100 bales of cotton to Thomas S. Greenman [1] for $5,122.90. Greenman tendered $5,100 ...