Others may have more pertinent info but following is something I had fun researching and writing about several years ago. Scroll down halfway to view highly interesting info (to me) concerning the colonial monetary system, according to Boyd Crumrine, a noted history author of the late 1800's in Southwestern Pennsylvania: http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/McDonaldTaxLists.htm Regards, Neil McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacque-Lynne Schulman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: [VA-HIST] Colonial Currency - Delmarva? >I have forwarded this to VA History List since ESVA meets Maryland's >Eastern Shore > > Note: forwarded message attached. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Virginia Jenkins [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:29 AM > > > The Dorchester County Historical Society is preparing an exhibit on > wheat growing on the Eastern Shore. I understand that this area was > known as the 'Breadbasket of the American Revolution' and that both > British and Colonial agents purchased supplies for both sides of the > conflict. We have a replica of colonial Maryland currency. Would it be > appropriate to display Delaware, Pennsylvania, and/or New Jersey > currency as well? Would all of these bills have been legal tender and > circulating in this area at the time? > > Thanks! > > Virginia Jenkins > Cambridge, MD > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html