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Tampa Woman Sues City for Unpaid Civil War Loan
Morning Edition, April 21, 2008 · A 77-year-old woman in Tampa, Fla., is trying to collect on a loan her great-grandfather made to the city during the Civil War. She claims that after 147 years at 8 percent interest, the original $300 debt is now nearly $23 million.
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