Greenbacks

Issue of $150,000,000 in "Greenbacks" -- Legal Tender Act a Turning

Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman

Issue of $150,000,000 in "Greenbacks" -- Legal Tender Act a Turning

Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman

As a result, Lincoln got Congress to pass the 1862 Legal Tender Act empowering the Treasury to issue "Greenbacks," interest free to finance the war and grow the economy prosperously.

Abolish the Fed and Return Money Creation Power to Congress 2009

The second question would probably take care of itself since we would just pay them like we did the banks, and the Chinese are saying our debt burden is unsustainable anyway, so they would probably take our new "Greenbacks" as payment without too much fuss.

Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part II 2009

When the U.S. government needed money to fight the Civil War, however, the Treasury created it by issuing "greenbacks," in effect by-passing the private banks, and the Greenbacks worked fine.

Paul A. London: We Are Not Dependent on Foreign Countries for Our Own Money 2009

A careful historical examination of "Colonial Script" and even the later Civil War Era "Greenbacks" issued by Lincoln reveal the success of these currencies.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR MONEY? 2009

Smith has a pretty full plate, having recently signed onto the Fox pitch "Greenbacks" and with plans to topline Universal's adaptation of "It Takes a Thief."

A long and mostly meaningless post about an upcoming SF Film - feel free to ignore! edgreen86 2006

"This Little Girl of Mine" offers him in a surprisingly light, almost acrobatic vocal mode, while "Greenbacks" is a knowing, clever cautionary narrative that is almost a throwback to 1940s-style R&B.

AvaxHome 2010

These legal-tender U.S. Notes or "Greenbacks" represented receipts for labor and goods delivered to the United States.

Dandelion Salad 2009

These legal-tender U.S. Notes or "Greenbacks" represented receipts for labor and goods delivered to the United States.

Dandelion Salad 2009