. Records of the town of Southhampton, with other ancient documents of historic value .... PRICES OF THINGS IN OLD TIMES. From Account Books of Capt Elias Pelletreau 1766. In these accounts the Pound is York Currency andis $ of our money. The shiUing is 12^ cents. Days work, of laboring man, 3 shillings. Wheat 6s pr bushel, In 1771 7s,. Rum 3s 6d pr gallon. Powder 3s 6d per pound. Candles Is pr pound. Tea 7s 6d pr pound. A goose Is Molasses 3s gallon. Saddle £3. Pork pr barrel!. £4=$10 Mutton 3d a pound. Sugar 8d pr lb. Cheese 6d Corn 3s 6d pr bushel. A hired man on a farm Cloth for coat 9
. Records of the town of Southhampton, with other ancient documents of historic value .... PRICES OF THINGS IN OLD TIMES. From Account Books of Capt Elias Pelletreau 1766. In these accounts the Pound is York Currency andis $ of our money. The shiUing is 12^ cents. Days work, of laboring man, 3 shillings. Wheat 6s pr bushel, In 1771 7s,. Rum 3s 6d pr gallon. Powder 3s 6d per pound. Candles Is pr pound. Tea 7s 6d pr pound. A goose Is Molasses 3s gallon. Saddle £3. Pork pr barrel!. £4=$10 Mutton 3d a pound. Sugar 8d pr lb. Cheese 6d Corn 3s 6d pr bushel. A hired man on a farm Cloth for coat 9s 6d pr yard, had $60, a year. Charcoal 7d pr bush. Weaving cloth, 9d pr yard. Linnen Is pr yard. Mowing, one day, 4s. Philadelphia scythe 9s. Aug. 3, 1767, To one day, cradling oats, 3s 6d. (Thisis the first mention of a grain cradle, said to have inven-ted by a Scotchman, in 1762.) One day reaping 3s. Horse, 3 years old, £12=$30. Mare, 2 years old £6. Indigo 15s pr lb. Paper of pins Is Handkerchief Us. Holland Cloth, 5s 6d pr yd. Silk skein 9d. Flannel 4s 6d pr yard. Yoke of oxen
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