In very early Virginia and Kentucky, tobacco was the money used. They bought everything, paid with tobacco. This is in a lot of deeds, lawsuits, etc. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Schopfer" <cjschopfer@gmail.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:07 PM Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] More on early "money" > All: > > The April 2007 issue of The Numismatist magazine has an article entitled, > "Money of the Backcountry". I'm sure much of the Dutch colonial area was > "backcountry" for the purposes of this article. While the author > mentions early monetary instruments as well as direct barter, he says, > "Money in the backcountry was defined by bookkeeping entries." Merchants > traded a variety of goods and services, and the account book tracked > outstanding balances. > > The NJ Historical Society library has at least one excellent example, well > over 100 pages, with thousands of entries: > http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0116 > > Chris > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >