This material includes several items relating to "Greenbacks" associated with Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury; and there are a number of pieces about the Alaska gold rush of the 1890s. "The Petroleum Galop" of 1865 pertains to oil in Pennsylvania, and the "United States Bank Waltz" is from President Andrew Jackson's era. An extremely rare item concerning paper money is "The Shin Plaster Jig". The majority of the music in this collection is vocal, and there are many humorous pieces.