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Subject: [LDR] Correction on John Nelms account information.
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 22:26:16 -0700

In the paragraph below, I mistakenly typed a 1260 instead of 1760.
Laurie :)

One significant omission from the things Nelms took in trade, was
tobacco.
There is no record in either ledger that Nelms dealt in tobacco.
By 1260 * (should be 1760)
the country near Salisbury had shifted to a corn and lumber
economy. There was no tobacco inspection station in Salisbury, and he may
have been unwilling to take the risk that he could make a profit on the
Eastern Shore tobacco which was marketed in Glasgow rather than in
London because of its inferior grade.

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