This site from the McMaster University provides the full text article of Newton's work, "Representations on the Subject of Money." Newton wrote these letters while serving as head of minting operations.

This site describes all currency used by the Confederacy. Use the Table of Contents to find descriptions as well as history of the currency. On this page you can also access information about Confederate coins, flags, stamps, and bonds.

The original text of a 1729 essay by Benjamin Franklin entitled "A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency." Franklin supports paper currency to encourage trade.

View text of Locke's essay "Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money."

Provides general information on the Confederate notes issued to Southerners during the Civil War. Pictures of the notes and a historical context.

Brief overview of demand notes of the Union, commonly called "greenbacks." Gives a historical context for the notes and has many pictures of what they looked like. Includes an activity looking at Union soldier wages.

This site describes the different types of confederate bonds, their amounts, and shows examples.

This site features links to the full text of ten novels for young readers by Eleanor H. Porter: Across the Years, Dawn, Just David, Mary Marie, Miss Billy, Miss Billy Married, Miss Billy's Decision, Oh, Money! Money!, Pollyanna, and...

This site focuses on the author Albert Webster including links to the full text of his short stories: "Miss Eunice's Glove" and "An Operation in Money".

What was "manifest destiny"? In this excerpt, learn the role race played in American expansionism and the proposed addition of Texas to the United States.

President Taft's 1912 comments on his foreign policy that substituted "dollars for bullets."

In an attempt to justify the imposition of Prohibition, many wrote about its benefits. This book, published in 1923 and written by T. Justin Steuart of the Anti-Saloon League of America, gives charts upon charts and explanations about...

View text of Locke's essay "Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Money."

Find primary sources related to the GI Bill.There are pdf files that explain how the bill provides money for education, promotes home ownership, and incorporates the recently discharged servicemen back into civilian life.

A detailed description of three major attempts made by Herbert Hoover and his administration to get money back into circulation and stem the tide of the Great Depression. Read about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the...

Thorough discussion of the depression and the response to it by Coxey's Army, including excerpts from newspapers of the time and links to political cartoons. From 1896, A Website of Political Cartoons.

The text of the Democratic Party Platform for the important presidential campaign of 1896. Interesting to see how contemporary the issues seem.

This is an interview with Milton Friedman discussing his views on money policy in a recent book "Money Mischief."

Read President Thomas Jefferson's secret message to Congress through which he asked for money to explore the West. The 1803 document is accompanied by transcription and overview of its content.

This PBS Frontline world story is about a Kenyan world class runner. The runners name is, Lornah Kiplagat, and she uses her prize money to fund a high altitudes training center in Kenya. Her facility provides women with an opportunity to...

Description of how slaves tried to starve themselves to death on slave ships as a form of resistance, and how the slave traders forced them to eat so they would not lose money. Click on Teacher's Guide for teaching resources.

Actual text of the treaty, which establishes the U.S. right to build highways, military forts, and depots on tribal land. Promises annual money and supplies to Indian nations.

"After the Race" is a short story by the Irish author James Joyce. In it, we see the themes of money, status, class, politics, and paralysis.

Texas was "teetering on the edge of total disintegration" when Sam Houston returned to the presidency. The population was down, money was down, and Texas was defenseless against "a resurgent Mexico." Read more about this period in Texas'...