cartoon by John Stampone; A man labeled "Congressional doves" holds a picket sign that reads,"Eliminate the draft" His tie bears a peace symbol. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird stands face to face with the man, gestures over his shoulder and...
cartoon by Jack Jurden; A duck wears a cast on one of its webbed feet and stands with a crutch. It is labeled "Lame duck Congress" It is munching on U.S. currency from a basket labeled "U.S. Treasury".
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the background of the cartoon is a building labeled "Fort Knox" at the top of a steep mountain. It is labeled, "Bastion of the dollar" and has a huge dollar sign next to it...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Reg Manning. Uncle Sam drives a stage coach, inside of which are a trunk labeled "U.S. gold" and a person with a head shaped like a U.S. coin. The coin is labeled "U.S. $ [dollar]." The stage...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam fires a shotgun labeled "War on anything and everything" into a cloud of currency and coins labeled "Billions in $pending [spending] as a cure." Uncle Sam has his eyes...
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Borrow Specie to be Applied to the Redemption and Reduction of the Currency; approved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 13 March 1865.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act more effectually to provide for the reduction and redemption of the currency." By Mr. Echols; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 20 December 1864.
Amendment: To the Bill to provide more effectually for the reduction and redemption of the currency. By Mr. Perkins; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 14 December 1864.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to organize the Supreme Court." By Mr. Chilton, from Committee on Judiciary; Read first and second times, and made special order after Currency and Tax bills, and from day to day, and ordered to be printed by the...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend An Act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries, approved May 21st, 1864." By Mr. Lyon, from Committee on Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made special order after...
An Act: To reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds. Enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 17 February 1864.
Report on the Committee on Finance: On the Bill (H. R. 92) To tax, fund, and limit the currency. By Mr. Semmes; Two hundred and fifty copies ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 25 January 1864.
A Bill: To regulate the currency. By Mr. Preston; Laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 15 January 1864.
A Bill: To amend An Act entitled, "An Act to lay taxes for the common defence and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," approved April 24, 1863. By Mr. Pugh, from the Special Committee on Currency; Read first and second times, and...
House Secret Session Minority Report on the Currency. By Mr. Boyce; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on on 30 December 1863.
A Bill: To provide for the reduction of the currency. By Mr. Wm. D. Simpson, South Carolina; Read first and second times, refereed to the Special Committee on Currency, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America...
A Bill: To prohibit dealing in the paper currency of the enemy. By Mr. Heiskell, from Committee on Judiciary; Read first and second times and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 22 December 1863
Resolution: Directory to the Select Committee on Finance. By Mr. Heiskell; Referred to the Special Committee on Currency, and ordered to be printed approved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 21 December 1863.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to raise a revenue by direct taxation." By Mr. Sexton; Read first and second times, referred to Special Committee on Currency, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 16...
