Hi Kim! Did I miss something earlier in the diaries? Did Phobe live across the river in Ontario? I see where she sold a dress for 5 shillings and talked about going to NY as it was close by. Wow! She had her teeth out as if it were nothing! Not a wimp like I was! Jane in FL .

Dear Jane, I'm certain that Kim would jump in here right now and explain that in Phoebe's 1860 diary she was apparently living on the tip of Long Island. In 1857 she was living in Niagara County. The reason for my putting my two cents in here (or two farthings??) is because of her use of the British term for money as late as 1860. I was quite surprised at the continued lingering use of the terms if not the actual coins. A number of years ago I meticulously transcribed the Minutes of the Proceedings of of School District No. Three of Lewiston and Town of Porter dating from 1819 to 1872. As I recall even up into the 1840s and 1850s the records would show that so many pounds and pence were spent on fire wood or such. I still find it the continued use of the terms quiet strange well after the War of 1812 at the least. P.S. Hmmmm, I wonder if I could be coerced into extracting the MOST interesting stories that can be read into those school district meetings. Hmmmm! vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Achbach" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 8:14 PM Subject: [FOLKS] Re: NYNIAGAR-FOLKS-D Digest V04 #41 > Hi Kim! > Did I miss something earlier in the diaries? > Did Phobe live across the river in Ontario? > I see where she sold a dress for 5 shillings > and talked about going to NY as it was close by. > Wow! She had her teeth out as if it were nothing! Not a wimp like I > was! > Jane in FL > > > . > >