Just a guess but it might be pound, shillings, pence. I have wills from that time period and they still state the bequests that way. It wasn't until 1786 that the dollar was officially adopted. Vivian > In a document from 1786 is found list of monies paid out for building the > Courthouse in Washington PA. > > There is no indication on the columns what this means: > > 1786 - Paid Mesr. McCoy for 4 months 21 days work 13 > 2 6 > > Can anyone help? > > **** > Please visit http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/pawashin.html for list > information, particularly the bottom of the page. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >