A dollar conversion can be found from the Links page of the Virginia
Genealogical Society, at
< http://www.vgs.org/vgslinks.htm >, General Resources, headed "Calculate
Inflation Rates in Dollars."  This begins with 1800 dollars.  Hope this helps.
W.



At 09:17 AM 03/01/2001 -0500, John Zaborney wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>A colleague recently asked me how to determine the value of
>$25,000 in 1789 in today's dollars.  I seem to remember a
>discussion a while back concerning the value of "older" dollars in
>terms of today's dollars.  Can anyone remind me where/how to
>figure this out?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>John Zaborney
>Assistant Professor of History
>University of Maine at Presque Isle
>
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