A long time ago I was involved in some research which turned up the following information: A hand-loom weaver of about 1800 would probably work on a commission from a "manufacturer". He would weave a "length" of about 120 yards/meters which would take about 10 working days for which he would be paid around one Pound. Given that he would have to spend some of this time setting up his loom, taking his web to the Stamp House (for local Quality Control, yes, they had that then) and, of course, not working on the Sabbath, that meant £1 for two weeks work. A weaver was considered to be fairly well off among tradesmen. So the guinea fare between Dundee and London represented at least two weeks earnings for a top earning artisan. For those who have never heard of it, a guinea was 21 shillings, £1/1/- in old money or £1.05 in present day Sterling. As a unit of currency it is now obsolete though it remains the nominal unit for the annual prize bull sales formerly at Perth, now at Stirling. Cheers, Bruce D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Arnold" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Dundee -- Citizen arrested, tried, prisoner ... England; would he have returned??? > Thank you, Elwyn! Very helpful! Now I just need to figure out what 1 > guinea was relative to a month's income for a working man. I do know that > there is an actual guinea note among the list of items in the Court Papers > for the tried William Innes. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:09 PM > Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Dundee -- Citizen arrested, tried, prisoner ... > England; would he have returned??? > > >> According to Scotland & the Sea by T. Christopher Smout, in 1819, the >> Dundee & Perth Union’s cheapest fare from Dundee to London was 1 guinea >> (traveling on deck). According to a comparison with the Retail price >> index, that equates to £83 today. >> >> www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/result.php >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1520/3910 - Release Date: 09/21/11 >