[Ads-l] Corrected Antedating of "Greenback" (Monetary Note)

[Shapiro, Fred]

The citation below is not "and begin war on the rebels," it is "and war on the rebels."

greenback (OED, 3., 1862 [9 Apr.])

1862 The Conservative (Leavenworth, Kan.) 12 Jan. 2/1 (Newspapers.com)
When the "green-backs" (as Fox calls the Treasury notes I give out) we shall stop making war on the Treasury and begin war on the rebels.

Fred Shapiro




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