In accounts presented to the government of the Province of Maryland in July 1771, we find these apparently "usual and customary" prices for various goods and services of the time. The province paid these accounts in full. 1 yard Oznabrig, 1 shilling 6 pence (1s6d)* l lb bacon, 8d l lb beef, 2d l lb flour, 2d l lb salt beef, 3d l bushel Indian meal, 2s6d 1 lb chocolate, 2s3d 1 lb tea, 7s6d 1 gal Rum, 6s 1 bushel salt, 9s 1 lb loaf sugar, 1s6d** 1 lb Muscovado sugar, 10s** 1 lb tamarind, 1s 1 oz nutmegs, 2s Ferry ride across the Potomac, 4 s milk cow, 3pounds, 1 s 3d (3P 1s 3d) day labor, manual, 2s6d rent-a-pack-horse, per day, 2s driver of ", 2s per day grindstone, 10s steer, 3P 10s 4 bear skins, 1P 10s 1 hatchet, 3s frying pan, 16s blanket, 14s 1 lb gunpowder,2s9d 1 quire paper, 6s6d 2 tin kettles, 3s 1 pepper box, 6s*** 3 lb pepper,3s3d*** 1 grater, 1s 2 iron Kettles, 13s * Oznaburg is a type of rough cloth, mostly used for making outdoor wear. ** From the prices, loaf sugar is probably lump brown sugar, and the Muscovado is white sugar. *** It isn't possible to tell from the list whether this is food or ammo. The pepper is listed with lead and shot, the pepper box with thread and kettles. Since there is an item called a pepper box which holds peppershot, and the item we today call a peppermill was also sometimes called a pepper box ... Cheryl Singhal singhals <[email protected]>