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@marjoryotoole @arothmanhistory @Dictionarycom I should punt to @rothmanistan @Ed_Baptist but, in general, I think it has to do with fact that bank notes circulated as currency too +
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@marjoryotoole @arothmanhistory @Dictionarycom @rothmanistan @Ed_Baptist And rates of exchange varied across locales. I believe this firm based its banking in N.O., so notes f/ there "cheapest" for them. -
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@marjoryotoole @arothmanhistory @Dictionarycom @rothmanistan @Ed_Baptist More on this kind of thing: common-place-archives.org/vol-10/no-03/lepler/ and common-place-archives.org/vol-10/no-03/baptist/