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Emmett T. Johnson (1836-1907), was born in Fort Edward, New York. He lived with his brother Frederick Avery Johnson (1833-1893), at Glens Fall, New York. They both graduated Glens Falls Academy. These brothers engaged in banking and the wool industry at Glens Falls, New York. Frederick went on to be elected to the U. S. Congress, 1885-1887.

Emmett served as the Cashier of the First National Bank, Glens Fall, New York for forty-two years.

Emmett played a role in evaluating the circulation of the United States Trade Dollars in commerce and in banking. He considered them a burden and deficit and advocated getting them out of circulation rendering them defunct.

In 1887, James Collins Hallock published his study on the problems of trade dollars in commerce and banking in his book, Repudiation of the Trade Dollars: The Views of 300 Banks (1887) : 28, (not listed in Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli)

He died on February 3, 1907.

To read the complete article, see:
JOHNSON, EMMETT T. (https://sites.google.com/a/numismaticmall.com/www/numismaticmall-com/johnson-emmett-t)

To read the complete Hallock study, see:
Repudiation of trade dollars; the views of 300 banks, merchants, ... Hallock, James Collins, editor. (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044081946287&view=1up&seq=7)

To read the complete article, see:
Refusing Its Own Coin, a protest against repudiating United States Coin--even trade dollars (https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/524306)