. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . d 20 years; Jim,aged 18 years; Harry, aged 13 years; Austin,aged 8years; Abe, aged5 years; Ciesar (runaway), aged 36 years; Nell, aged 30 years; Beck,aged 27 years; Dina, aged 2G years; Phillis, aged 25 years; Dina,Jr., aged 11 years; Flora, aged 8 years; one mulatto, French half-blooded, aged 4 months. Oct. 12. Adam Ortfi, of Lebanon township, farmer,—Sala, aged 32 Oct. 12. Christopher Kither, of Lebanon township, miller,—Freegri/t,aged 20 years. About this period the Conti
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . d 20 years; Jim,aged 18 years; Harry, aged 13 years; Austin,aged 8years; Abe, aged5 years; Ciesar (runaway), aged 36 years; Nell, aged 30 years; Beck,aged 27 years; Dina, aged 2G years; Phillis, aged 25 years; Dina,Jr., aged 11 years; Flora, aged 8 years; one mulatto, French half-blooded, aged 4 months. Oct. 12. Adam Ortfi, of Lebanon township, farmer,—Sala, aged 32 Oct. 12. Christopher Kither, of Lebanon township, miller,—Freegri/t,aged 20 years. About this period the Continental paper money, ofwhich a specimen is herewith given, took up theattention not only of the people but of the law-making power. On the 20th of March, 1780, theContinental Congress, yielding to the necessity, au-thorized the States to revise the laws making theContinental bills a legal tender, and to amend themas it was thought proper. The next day, in theAssembly, a motion to suspend the operation of thelaw, so far as it made the Continental currency equalto gold and silver in payment of debts, was lost by a. Thirty Dollars! THE Bearer is en-titled to receive ThirtySpanijh milled D O L-LARS, or an equalSum in Gold or Silver,(according to a RefoWion of CONGRESSof the 14th January,1779- 30 Dollars. WJ^A FAC-SIMILE OF CONTINENTAL MONEY. and on the 22d of June the suspension was continueduntil the next session, and on December 22, indefi-nitely. On the 1st of June, for the purpose of bring-ing the war to a close, the Assembly authorized thepassage of an act to redeem the Continental bills tothe amount of twenty-five millions of dollars, by thecollection of taxes at the rate of one million dollarsto forty millions. Every effort was made to keep theState money up to par. The measures adopted bring-ing but temporary relief, the Assembly, on the 29th ofMay, passed resolutions, authorized the borrowing of asum of money not exceeding £200,000 sterling, pledg-ing the faith and hon
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