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From: Ray Williams <njraywms@optonline.net>
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Hi Guys,
I'm currently reading an interesting diary of a woman who is travelling from Boston to New Haven in 1704 (about). She made reference to paying someone a half a piece of Eight and a dram. What coin would have been referred to by a Bostonian around 1700 as a "dram"? Can anyone help?
Ray
three friends blindcopied
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Guys,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm currently reading an
interesting diary of a woman who is travelling from Boston to New Haven in 1704
(about). She made reference to paying someone a half a piece of Eight and
a dram. What coin would have been referred to by a Bostonian around 1700
as a "dram"? Can anyone help?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ray</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>three friends
blindcopied</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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