"Moniteur." The whole sounds curiously like the proposals of the
"Greenbackers," regarding the American debt, some years since.

[17] "Moniteur," August 29, 1790.

[18] See Lacretelle, "18me Siécle," vol. viii, pp. 84-87; also Thiers
and Mignet.

[19] See Hatin, Histoire de la Presse en France, vols. v and vi.

[20] See "Moniteur," Sept. 5, 6 and 20, 1790.

[21] See Levasseur, vol. i, p. 142.

[22] See speech in "Moniteur"; also in Appendix to Thiers' "History of
the French Revolution."

[23] See Levassear, "Classes ouvrières," etc., vol. i, p. 149.

[24] See Levasseur, pp. 151 et seq. Various examples of these
"confidence bills" are to be seen in the Library of Cornell
University.

[25] See Levasseur, vol. i, pp. 155-156.

[26] See Von Sybel, "History of the Revolution," vol. i, p. 265; also
Levasseur, as above, vol. i, pp. 152-160.

[27] For Turgot's argument against "fiat money" theory, see A. D.
White, "Seven Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with