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Two possible sources for useful data could be contemporary estate inventories/sales and store ledgers. The estate sales will identify household or business items and the prices they sold for at auction. Store ledgers will identify merchandise that was sold and the prices paid. We have microfilm of the John Glassford store ledgers of your time of interest, but you probably are more interested in stores that operated closer to Williamsburg.
Hope this helps.
Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian
The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center
for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC)
Prince William Public Library System
Bull Run Regional Library
8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA 20109-2892
703-792-4540
www.pwcgov.org/library/RELIC
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Kukla
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 2:41 PM
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Subject: Comparative value of 3 pounds 2 shillings in 1764
I've checked the online sites that translate monetary value from one year to another, but the resulting figures result in a comparison that is more abstract than concrete.
I'd be grateful for informed suggestions about the commodities (aside from the book that prompts my inquiry) that a Virginian might buy in Williamsburg in November 1764 for 3 pounds 2 shillings.
Thank you.
Jon Kukla
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