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A woman whose ancestor lent $299.58 to the city of Tampa during the Civil War wants the debt repaid plus $22.7 million in interest.The city issued an IOU to shopkeeper Thomas Pugh Kennedy in 1861 in return for ammunition and other supplies to help in the city's defense. The handwriten note was handed down through the generations to Joan Kennedy Biddle, who is now asking for the money back plus the interest compounded over 148 years."The city seems like they're trying to cut their budget," said Biddle. It's not right, she said, that officials are reneging on debts while spending millions on a project called "Riverwalk."

Didnt they watch Andy Griffith. All debts made by the south were voided at the end of the war. LOL!!!!

That is what I was thinking!!