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The following as ensigns:
Jacob Havener and Elliot Rutherford.
An allowance of £120 was made for the relief of Jemima
Kelly, wife of Emanuel Kelly, a soldier from Virginia in the
army of the United States. This allowance was made in ac-
cordance with a recent Act of the State Assembly, and was
probably to be reimbursed from State funds.
March 28, 1780.
The court proceeded to rate the ordinary prices, for the
articles named, as follows:
—West India rum or French brandy, per gallon, £48 0—0
" 24— 0—0
Rye liquor or whisky,
Wine, " 48— 0-0
Strong beer, per quart 1—10-0
Cyder, " 1-10-0
Hot dinner, 3—12—0
Breakfast, 3— 0—0
A cold ditto, 2— 2—0
A good bed, with clean sheets
—12
Oats, by the gallon, 1—16—0
Corn, by the gallon, 2— 8-0
Stableage, with hay, per night, 2— 8-0
Pasturage, pernight,^ 1—10—0
David Laird proved that he had served as a corporal in
Capt. Hog's company of rangers, from the time the said com-
pany was raised until it was discharged at Bedford, and that
he had not received any warrant for land under the provisions
of royal proclamation in 1763.
George Huston and John Fitzwater were sworn in as
captains of militia.
5. From the figures in the above schedule, as well as from other items
preceding and following, it is easy to see how the purchasing value of the
continental currency was decreasing. It thus continued to decrease until
it had value only in the proverb: "Not worth a Continental." And yet,
by a fateful irony of circumstance, men were being arraigned, even in
Rockingham, for speaking words tending to depreciate it.
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The following as ensigns:
Jacob Havener and Elliot Rutherford.
An allowance of £120 was made for the relief of Jemima
Kelly, wife of Emanuel Kelly, a soldier from Virginia in the
army of the United States. This allowance was made in ac-
cordance with a recent Act of the State Assembly, and was
probably to be reimbursed from State funds.
March 28, 1780.
The court proceeded to rate the ordinary prices, for the
articles named, as follows:
—West India rum or French brandy, per gallon, £48 0—0
" 24— 0—0
Rye liquor or whisky,
Wine, " 48— 0-0
Strong beer, per quart 1—10-0
Cyder, " 1-10-0
Hot dinner, 3—12—0
Breakfast, 3— 0—0
A cold ditto, 2— 2—0
A good bed, with clean sheets
—12
Oats, by the gallon, 1—16—0
Corn, by the gallon, 2— 8-0
Stableage, with hay, per night, 2— 8-0
Pasturage, pernight,^ 1—10—0
David Laird proved that he had served as a corporal in
Capt. Hog's company of rangers, from the time the said com-
pany was raised until it was discharged at Bedford, and that
he had not received any warrant for land under the provisions
of royal proclamation in 1763.
George Huston and John Fitzwater were sworn in as
captains of militia.
5. From the figures in the above schedule, as well as from other items
preceding and following, it is easy to see how the purchasing value of the
continental currency was decreasing. It thus continued to decrease until
it had value only in the proverb: "Not worth a Continental." And yet,
by a fateful irony of circumstance, men were being arraigned, even in
Rockingham, for speaking words tending to depreciate it.
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