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Show Asks Payment for Sheep Purchased Over Century Ago II A Ii. I ; 1 SF'.I " RG . Pa.. April n Thei i commonwealth of Pennsylvania today was presented with a bill for one hun-! dred pounds sterling for two head of I sheep purchased for tho use of the) Revolutionary army under what is I termed tne 'army act of June I, 1780."' The hill was sent to Attorney General Gen-eral Alter, by Oliver Fayle "f Philadelphia Phila-delphia with B request that he be Informed In-formed whether it was collectable. Tho copy received here shows that it was a ncjie cxccuicu JUII' i.', 1,BU. o i David Davis, commissary of purchases . It was dated at Reading. Pa . and was drawn In favdr of Samuel Boone. Mr. I Fayle estimates that the value of thej Ir.ote toda in American money Is about! $2iIG. Stale fiscal officers said they had no record of such a note and that if iii was valid a record probably would be found at Washington. Mr Alter holds that h cannot advise ad-vise private individuals on such matters: mat-ters: oo |