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| | Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 124, GREENBACK - LABOR: Library of Economics and Liberty |
 | | A national convention of the "independent" party, the formal name of the party at this time, was held at Indianapolis, May 17, 1876, and nominated Peter Cooper, of New York, for president, and Newton Booth, of California, for vice-president. |
 | | In some state elections, as in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, the "labor reform" and "greenback" parties united, and the union was made national by the convention of Feb. 22, 1878, at Toledo, Ohio. |
 | | The increase, however, was almost entirely due to the fact that the party had become a union of all the discontented elements. |
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