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Banknotes as Propaganda in the Free Banking Era

Wilson Purcell, Author

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Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson Engraving


The anonymous engraving shown above was commissioned by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson for use in 1852. No evidence exists, however, suggesting that the note was put into circulation.

Anne Baker cited this engraving in her book, Heartless Immensity: Literature, Culture, and Geography in Antebellum America, as an example of one of the many ways in which the American people were expressing their views on westward expansion. She suggested that this engraving expresses confidence in the country's ability to tame the unconquered west, as it employed the nation as body metaphor by showing a man's figure that is "entirely out of proportion to the trees, log cabin, and covered wagon in the background."
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