A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1710 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=51094 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Boston Gazette Article Date: February 27 1724 Article Description: Merchants Agree to Receive Lyon Dollars Article Text: Philadelphia, January 31, 1721 We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do, for the encouragement of trade and commerce, promise to receive in payments for all goods, sold after the date hereof, dollars, called Lyon Dollars, at the rate of five shillings, the English crown at seven shillings and six pence, the half crown at three shillings and nine pence, the English shilling at eighteen pence and th English six-pence at nine-pence, Proclamation money. John CADWALADER Richard CLYMAR Henry HODGE John HYATT Edward ROBERTS Thomas TRESSE Andrew Bradford Oliver GALLTERY John COPSON William BOWELL Robert ELLIS George CALVERT Charles READ John BROOKS David BRIENTNALL Benjamin PASCHAL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com