Box 10
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Newspaper Clippings concerning the Greenback vs. Specie Monetary Debate (probably compiled by Charles C. Comstock), 1873.
File — Box: 10, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes one scrapbook (1873) of newspaper clippings probably compiled by C.C. Comstock. The clippings relate to the national debate on the greenback versus specie monetary policies. Comstock was a member of the Greenback Party and was a candidate for elector on the 1876 national Greenback ticket. Scrapbooks #1 and #2 (1884-1938) consist mostly of newspaper obituaries and reminiscences of early Grand Rapids settlers that probably were taken from The Grand Rapids Herald or The Grand Rapids...
Dates:
1818-1981