On the 1840 tax list, there are three columns for the amount of taxes paid: one for dollars, one for cents, and one for "M", which is always a single digit number. For example, poll taxes were 15 cents and 6 "M". Does anyone know what the M stands for? Is that a fraction of a cent? How would you write that out in normal language? ($0.15 -- and what do you do with the 6 from the M column??). Thanks for any enlightenment! ~ Jeanne the math dummy

"Mils" i Mil = 1/10 of a cent --- Jeanne Arguelles <[email protected]> wrote: > On the 1840 tax list, there are three columns for > the amount of taxes paid: one for dollars, one for > cents, and one for "M", which is always a single > digit number. For example, poll taxes were 15 cents > and 6 "M". Does anyone know what the M stands for? > Is that a fraction of a cent? How would you write > that out in normal language? ($0.15 -- and what do > you do with the 6 from the M column??). > > Thanks for any enlightenment! > > ~ Jeanne the math dummy > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy > on copyrights at: > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250