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Liberty loan

American  

noun

  1. any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.


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In 1913 he was president of Colorado Taxpayers' Protective League-in 1917, chairman of the Mountain division of the Liberty loan campaign.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Liberty loan was floated on May 14, 1917, in denominations as low as $50, rising to $100,000, at 3-½ per cent. interest, redeemable in fifteen or thirty years.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

The last I heard about this man he was said to have refused Liberty loan salesmen to solicit in his factory.”

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

Not a cent of the Liberty loan went out of the country.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

June 15—First Liberty loan closes with large over-subscription.

From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert

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