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From: "Jane L. Splawn" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] "Up Through Slavery"
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:48:43 -0400
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Richard:

I don't know the answer but my guess is that paper money such as still used in
England issued for various pound notes might be the answer. Anyhow I recommend
the book, Weights, Money and Other Measures Used by Our Ancestors, by Colin R.
Chapman. It is an excellent reference on all types of measures.

Jane L. Splawn

"Richard A. Pence" wrote:

> Some question I have never found a satisfactory answer to:
>
> My third great grandfather, John Pence, moved from Champaign County, Ohio
> (northeast of Dayton), to Bartholomew County, Indiana (south of
> Indianapolis) in the fall of 1820. In October he purchased 42 80-acre
> parcels of land from the government land office serving the area. According
> to an article in a Bartholomew County newspaper, he paid for the land in
> silver specie weighing "more than 250 pounds."
>
> Questions:
>
> Where did one keep that kind of money in those days? Under a very lumpy
> mattress? In barrels buried in the backyard? In banks? (If so, how
> reliable?)
>
> How did you get it from one state to another? In the false bottom of a
> wagon?
>
> In other words, how was money transported? Physically or was there a system
> for depositing the silver in one place and withdrawing it in another? If so,
> how reliable was it?
>
> Any insights to early 19th century money and banking greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Pence
> Fairfax, Virginia
>
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