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Subject:	Re: Dollars in 1764?
From:	Ralph E Mann <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2015 21:54:48 +0000
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Spanish silver dollars were long accepted as currency in the American colonies.

Ralph Mann

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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 2:34 PM
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Subject: Dollars in 1764?

This is a first. I am looking at a bill of sale dated 6 Jul 1764 in Lancaster County from John Kent, Jr. to Abraham White for a slave girl named Sinah. The consideration is given as “thirty two dollars and twenty five pounds current money of Virginia.” DOLLARS in 1764?

Craig Kilby
Kilby Research Services
www.craigkilby.com

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