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From: Richard White <>
Subject: Re: [GASUMTER] Re:John Washington Murphy - Great Great Grandfather
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:56:09 -0400
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Patty... IMHO that's not lending credence, it's "self-proving". After
the war and a long time afterwards $20 in gold was a small fortune for
"an ordinary individual". Heck, check the prices on U.S. gold coins and
it's almost a small fortune now... <G>

John Alexander Haire was a descendant of John Murphy's half brother John
English Autry. Look at the new buggy his friend's father bought in
1920, and the invoice for it:
http://sofkee.org/haire/CollinsTom_or_Charlie.htm O.K., that would have
taken 6 or 7 $20 gold pieces, but still... in the late 1860s, 1870s,
etc., that was a *lot* of money.

RW

Patty Ramirez wrote:

> What does lend the story some credence is that it was a $20.00 US gold
> piece, and it was not spent after the war. If it were not special in
> some way, I doubt it would have been passed through the family with
> such reverence.
>
> Patty


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