History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . This, with the state 76 HISTORY OF THE scrip, constituted the circulating medium of exchangeduring the war. The longer the war continued themore the money depreciated, until the ratio of this. mU THISBOleiititlesiU SIX SPANISH MltLEDDOLLARS, or theValu£ thereof in GOLD^ISIJJVEK-iccardXne toa-Resoiation of COX=GRESS IJ/S mam^mMi- CONTINENTAL CURRENCY. scrip to silver was as a hundred to one. The follow-ing tax, assessed in 1779, illustrates more fully thegreat deprec
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . This, with the state 76 HISTORY OF THE scrip, constituted the circulating medium of exchangeduring the war. The longer the war continued themore the money depreciated, until the ratio of this. mU THISBOleiititlesiU SIX SPANISH MltLEDDOLLARS, or theValu£ thereof in GOLD^ISIJJVEK-iccardXne toa-Resoiation of COX=GRESS IJ/S mam^mMi- CONTINENTAL CURRENCY. scrip to silver was as a hundred to one. The follow-ing tax, assessed in 1779, illustrates more fully thegreat depreciation at that time, viz. : — £ s. (f. /. ist Continental Tax Bill, i>i74 7 6 State Tax Bill, 782 iS 6 2d Continental Tax Bill, 3»523 2 6 County Tax Bill, 68 19 10 i Town Tax assessed, 4>4io 18 o School Tax, . • 300 o o Highway Tax, 800 o o Total, It,060 6 4 I At the annual meeting, 1779, it was — Voted, That the pay for working on the highways be $5 a dayfor a man, 15s. for oxen, and los. for a cart. The depreciation in 1780 was still greater, asappears by the amount granted for schooling, which TOWN OF RICHMOND. 77 Depreciation in lySo. was £600, and for highways £2,400, equivalent to$3,000 and $12,000, respectively, for these two pur-poses ; and for a bounty on a
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