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Intriguing Ship Ledger Entry Confusion in 18th Century Document
A garbled OCR of an old ledger describes the funeral of a Reverend and a cargo roll with dozens of Pieces of Eight, wrought plate, and coinage figures. The text names ships, merchants, and stock values, including references to South Sea Stock and bank figures, all in a fragmentary report.
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Rere
Pfske
Audvors
Gelinas
Cadiz
Aisahi
Bank
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