the case of george fisher.
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The United States in account with the legal representatives of George Fisher, deceased.
Dol. C.
| 1813.— |
To 550 head of cattle, at 10 dollars.
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5,500 00 |
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To 86 heads of drove hogs
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1,204 00 |
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To 350 head of stock hogs
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1,750 00 |
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To 100 Acres of corn on Basset's Creek
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6,000 00 |
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To 8 barrels of whiskey
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350 00 |
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To 2 barrels of brandy
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280 00 |
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To 1 barrel of rum
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70 00 |
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To dry goods and merchandise in store
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1,100 00 |
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To 35 acres of wheat
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350 00 |
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To 2,000 hides
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4,000 00 |
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To furs and hats in store
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600 00 |
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To crockery wars in store
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100 00 |
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To smiths' and carpenters' tools
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250 00 |
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To houses burned and destroyed
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600 00 |
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To 4 dozen bottles of wine
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48 00 |
| 1814.— |
To 120 acres of corn on Alabama River
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9,500 00 |
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To crops of peas, fodder, etc.
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3,250 00 |
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Total
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34,952 00 |
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To interest on $22,202, July 1813 to November 1860, 47 years and 4 months
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63,053 68 |
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To interest on $12,750, from September 1814 to November 1860, 46 years and 2 months
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35,317 50 |
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Total
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133,323 18 |
He puts everything in this time. He does not even allow that the Indians destroyed the crockery or drank the four dozen bottles of (currant) wine. When it came to supernatural comprehensiveness in "gobbling," John B. Floyd was without his equal, in his own or any other generation. Subtracting from the above total the $67,000 already paid to George Fisher's implacable heirs, Mr. Floyd announced that the Government was still indebted to them in the sum of sixty-six thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and eight-five cents, "which" Mr.
