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Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:14:21 -0500
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Re: value of tobacco
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I would use the rough number of 4.5 cents (pence) a pound.

Paul 

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Subject: [VA-ROOTS] value of tobacco

Does anyone have any idea how much 14,000 weight of tobacco would have been
worth in 1792?

Thanks!
Kathy

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