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Chris -- 2025-05-10
They promise to pay your money back; at least, that’s the story.
For purchases under £20, cosh ; over £20, one-third cash, and the residue by promistory notes at 12 and 18 months, bearing 10 percent., interest.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d…l…
One evening in the presence of several Naval officers and others, he exhibited a Promistory Note he held for $300.00 which had been given to him, ...
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bcvancou/.../23Feb1907.htm
...i still owe ticketmaster a promistory note for my firstborn.
www.burneddowndays.com/talk/index.php?topic=223.0
Liability of Partners as to Bills of Exchange and Promistory Notes.
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It was the custom, after moving into a new neighborhood, for example, to distribute promistory notes for soba noodles to the adjacent houses.
www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko10/b10_8027_1
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