Dear Friends of the "list", Is there any one out there that can help me convert pounds, shillings, etc., into dollars? I have wills, land sales, etc., for the early 1800's and 1700's that list all monies in the English manner. I am at a loss to get an idea as to the dollars it equaled. Even in today's coinage it would help. I there a web site????????????? Thanks a bunch Daundra in Michigan
Hi. Over the years I've tried to find the "easy answer" to the question without much success. In a book catalog I finally ran across, John J. McCusker, "How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States", American Antiquarian Society, 1992. I found it "tough reading" as I have no background in the subject. There is a table on p. 333 which shows 100 English Pounds 1782-1796 was equivalent to $333.33 Virginia dollars (those years). The $333.33 dollars was worth $5,653.73 U. S. dollars in 1991. There is much more in the book & a huge bibliography including two articles on "money" by Benjamin Franklin, one as early as 1729. The book begins (more or less) with English currency in 1600! The author was Professor of History at Univ. of Maryland 1991, and became distinguished Professor of History and Economics at Trinity Univ., in fall 1992. Hope someone out there will share their expertise! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <Budblossum@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:03 PM Subject: Pounds to Dollars??????HELP!!!! > Dear Friends of the "list", > > Is there any one out there that can help me convert pounds, shillings, etc., > into dollars? I have wills, land sales, etc., for the early 1800's and > 1700's that list all monies in the English manner. I am at a loss to get an > idea as to the dollars it equaled. Even in today's coinage it would help. > > I there a web site????????????? > > Thanks a bunch > > Daundra in Michigan > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > The Franklin Co VAGenWeb "Family WebPage" list is located at URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/fran-web.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >