Tom, Fasinating. I was able to make a copy, too. It's difficult to relate to all that information, however, unless we can find actual examples. Just for general information, you may find this interesting from an arrticulate cousin from way back: He wrote in 1857 from Indiana, "...pork is worth $20 per pound; wheat is only $1.00 corn 50 cts. per bu. oats 60. Coffee and sugar 15 cts per lb." In 1864 he wrote: "....wheat is near $2 - corn 1. Corn meal $1.50 hogs gross 6 to 7 dollars. Beef cattle $5 gross for good quallity. Sheep 4 or 5, horses $150 - coffee 60 - sugar 35 ." In 1876 from Colorado Territory, "Old potatoes are worth $3 per bu.....Beef Steak here 10 to 15 cts per lb, flour 8 to 9 dollars per sack." mary jane battaglia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Cloud" <tcloud@austin.rr.com> To: <CLOUD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:27 AM Subject: [CLOUD] Comparative values of U.S. currency > Please take a look at the page I've posted to allow the comparison > of currency from 1800 to present in the U.S. > http://www.mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/dollar/ > > Let me know if ... > - you have any suggestions > - it looks bad on your computer screen > > BTW, this was prompted, among other things, by the probate of > my 4th-g-grandfather Jeremiah Cloud's will. I wanted to know > about what the things then might cost today (of course, this > is impossible, for something hand-made then is mass-produced > today, and they didn't have antibiotics, etc. > > Take a look also at the accompanying graph -- notice how the > cost of living began its (?exponential?) climb right after WW-II. > > thanks, > Tom Cloud > > > > ==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > .................................................................. > Have you submitted your Cloud lineage to the List? > Submit a brief description of your ancestry. > >
Thanks Mary Jane ... and that reinforces how difficult it is to really compare -- part of the value of things was and is related to the locality, e.g. a gold rush or an oil boom, when everything becomes scarce and more expensive. Tom At 11:14 AM 5/14/2005, you wrote: >Tom, > Fasinating. I was able to make a copy, too. > It's difficult to relate to all that information, however, unless we can find actual examples. > Just for general information, you may find this interesting from an arrticulate cousin from way back: > He wrote in 1857 from Indiana, "...pork is worth $20 per pound; wheat is only $1.00 corn 50 cts. per bu. oats 60. Coffee and sugar 15 cts per lb." > In 1864 he wrote: "....wheat is near $2 - corn 1. Corn meal $1.50 hogs gross 6 to 7 dollars. Beef cattle $5 gross for good quallity. Sheep 4 or 5, horses $150 - coffee 60 - sugar 35 ." > In 1876 from Colorado Territory, "Old potatoes are worth $3 per bu.....Beef Steak here 10 to 15 cts per lb, flour 8 to 9 dollars per sack." > >mary jane battaglia >----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Cloud" <tcloud@austin.rr.com> >To: <CLOUD-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:27 AM >Subject: [CLOUD] Comparative values of U.S. currency > > >>Please take a look at the page I've posted to allow the comparison >>of currency from 1800 to present in the U.S. >>http://www.mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/dollar/ >> >>Let me know if ... >> - you have any suggestions >> - it looks bad on your computer screen >> >>BTW, this was prompted, among other things, by the probate of >>my 4th-g-grandfather Jeremiah Cloud's will. I wanted to know >>about what the things then might cost today (of course, this >>is impossible, for something hand-made then is mass-produced >>today, and they didn't have antibiotics, etc. >> >>Take a look also at the accompanying graph -- notice how the >>cost of living began its (?exponential?) climb right after WW-II. >> >>thanks, >>Tom Cloud >> >> >> >>==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== >>.................................................................. >> Have you submitted your Cloud lineage to the List? >> Submit a brief description of your ancestry. >> > > > >==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > .............................................................. >Join the Cloud Family Association: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cloud