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8: History of Everything: The Tale of Timothy Dexter

History of Everything

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The Last Deer in the Maldon Woods

The last deer had disappeared from the Maldon Woods 19 years earlier. He was elected to that post in 1776 and held it for every single year, right up until 1788. This is one of the reasons why historically wealthy people were the ones who did government positions because they didn't pay. So he was dogecoin. Or rather, I should say the 18th century version of dogecoin, which was the continental dollar.

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