BANK NOTES—The oldest bank note in existence is one preserved in the Asiatic Museum at Leningrad. It dates from the year 1399 B.C., and was issued by the Chinese government. It can be proved from Chinese chroniclers that as early as 2697 B.C. bank notes were current in China under the name of “flying money.”
Yes, I stayed away from school to go up to the country. I loved the long ride into the moonlight and dreamed of John. Why did I stay away from school? Because I knew that you would not be there? Lester carried me across the mud in his arms. He has been a very kind friend, but crude. Both Fred and Lester kissed me when we arrived. A kiss of friendship.
BANK NOTES—The oldest bank note in existence is one preserved in the Asiatic Museum at Leningrad. It dates from the year 1399 B.C., and was issued by the Chinese government. It can be proved from Chinese chroniclers that as early as 2697 B.C. bank notes were current in China under the name of “flying money.”
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ContextThis is the journal of Virginia Lee Scott, my grandmother, written when she was seventeen and first dating my grandfather, John Arnold Wilson. It's a dairy published by Media Drug Stores and includes space for two entries per day, with facts about the era printed at the bottom, which I have included in italics. Following, 1928, is the journal of John Arnold Wilson, my grandfather, at age nineteen and in love with my grandmother, followed by my grandmother's journal in 1931. Archives
April 2018
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