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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
 
To 86 heads of drove hogs
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1,204 00
 
To 350 head of stock hogs
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1,750 00
 
To 100 Acres of corn on Basset's Creek
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6,000 00
 
To 8 barrels of whiskey
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350 00
 
To 2 barrels of brandy
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
280 00
 
To 1 barrel of rum
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
70 00
 
To dry goods and merchandise in store
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1,100 00
 
To 35 acres of wheat
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350 00
 
To 2,000 hides
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4,000 00
 
To furs and hats in store
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
600 00
 
To crockery wars in store
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100 00
 
To smiths' and carpenters' tools
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250 00
 
To houses burned and destroyed
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
600 00
 
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
 
To crops of peas, fodder, etc.
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3,250 00

 
Total
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34,952 00
 
To interest on $22,202, July 1813 to November 1860, 47 years and 4 months
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63,053 68
 
To interest on $12,750, from September 1814 to November 1860, 46 years and 2 months
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35,317 50

 
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.