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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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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