. The journal of American history. ers, and the freedom with which he extended credit made heavy draftsupon his fortune. This document, charging his loans to the governmentin 1776—the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence—waspaid in sheets of dollars, but as the United States did not adopt the decimalsystem for their money until 1786, it is apparent from this document thathe must have waited at least ten years for its payment. The notation onthis document, changing the dollars to pounds, shilling and pence, and mak-ing them agree to the fraction, is an interesting exhibit of e
. The journal of American history. ers, and the freedom with which he extended credit made heavy draftsupon his fortune. This document, charging his loans to the governmentin 1776—the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence—waspaid in sheets of dollars, but as the United States did not adopt the decimalsystem for their money until 1786, it is apparent from this document thathe must have waited at least ten years for its payment. The notation onthis document, changing the dollars to pounds, shilling and pence, and mak-ing them agree to the fraction, is an interesting exhibit of early Americanfinance. Captain Marcy answered the call of the Lexington To Arms,and when Sir William Howe, with thirty thousand men, supported bya powerful British fleet, appeared off New York Harbor in 1776, CaptainMarcy raised and commanded a company of patriots to recruit GeneralWashington in its defence. Captain Marcys old musket is now in posses-sion of his great-great-grandson, Charles Guilford Woodward of Hartford. 133 1. !S]w>t, **S«.I4*. jah 4ft« ^ *»*t». « ,&Ote- ,*?», ^^a*
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