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[[7Pc ed??]] from C.W. Crouch the return of the within mentioned Twenty Rail Road Shares, for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars which sum they were bound to him at. --- Charleston 3 March 1838} refer to Booth R.R. Company} for precise date of transfer} Tho. N. Gadsden [[very light pencil writing]] [[two columned table]] | -- | -- | |16 July 1838 - Bond | $1427-25 | |[[2nd?]] for 1 3rd mos to 16th July '39 | 141.52 | | -- | $1568.77 | | note 16 June 1838 | 109.84 | | 2nd for 1-[[?]] mo to 16 July '39 | 8.32 | | due on Ledger | 29.40 | | due by Crouch to 16 July 1839 | $1715.33 | | Recording Mortgage | 1.75 | | -- | $1718.08 | [[/very light pencil writing]] | -- | 2 | | -- | 3436.16 | Settled by new Bond Given dated 16 July 1839 = Tho N Gadsden [[?]] Stiles for $1718.08 [[sideways script]] C W Crouch to Thomas N Gadsden (Bond) [[/sideways script]]
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Several of the numbers have one, two or three commas where normally there would be a single comma or period - is this significant? Eg. 1718,,,08 rather than 1718.08. Math-wise, it adds up like normal.