New York Times: Residence Hall namesake figured out government could pay for Civil War by simply printing money

Release Date: September 4, 2009 This content is archived.

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An article in The New York Times about the economy looks at the history of the dollar bill, and reports that Elbridge Gerry Spaulding, who figured out that the American government simply needed to print money to pay for the Civil War, is the namesake of a UB residence hall.

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