See a neat little book, "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," by John J. McCusker, Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1992. Virginia currency converted to 1991 US dollars is estimated to be roughly $1500-$2,000, if I read the table correctly. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Hatcher <nancy_hatcher@hotmail.com> To: <WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [WILHITE] Will of Tobias Wilhoit > Well, here comes another stupid question. Can you convert amount of > currency from pounds to dollars, approximate. Just curious, not that it > makes any difference. > > Thanks > > Nancy > > Researching: > DILLARD,HARDIN,HATCHER,HILL,MORELAND,ROBERTS,SPAULDING,WILHITE > > > > >From: "George W. Durman" <georgedurman@home.com> > >Reply-To: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com > >To: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [WILHITE] Will of Tobias Wilhoit > >Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 05:07:16 -0500 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from [63.92.80.123] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > >MHotMailBDD3742B00A34004319F3F5C507B0F5E0; Sun, 02 Dec 2001 05:14:30 -0800 > >Received: (from slist@localhost)by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id > >fB2C6OS29609;Sun, 2 Dec 2001 05:06:24 -0700 > >From WILHITE-L-request@rootsweb.com Sun, 02 Dec 2001 05:16:30 -0800 > >Resent-Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 05:06:24 -0700 > >X-Original-Sender: georgedurman@home.com Sun Dec 2 05:06:23 2001 > >Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20011202050528.00a6d520@mail.spwest1.tn.home.com> > >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 > >Old-To: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com, WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com > >In-Reply-To: <F24jmfCHJr1Wtyi67EK00011c44@hotmail.com> > >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by lists5.rootsweb.com > >id fB2C6MC29521 > >Resent-Message-ID: <J2LEyD.A.DOH._khC8@lists5.rootsweb.com> > >Resent-From: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com > >X-Mailing-List: <WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1559 > >X-Loop: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com > >Precedence: list > >Resent-Sender: WILHITE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > >Yes, the English liked odd monetary units. I think there was a 2½ coin > >as well as the 7½ one. > > > >SgtGeorge > > > >At Saturday 09:13 AM 12/01/2001, Nancy Hatcher wrote: > >*********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* > >>Thanks, I was thinking dollars and cents and the 1/2 was throwing me, > >>didn't > >>make sense. Should have known it would be pounds etc.etc. > >> > >>Nancy > >> > >>Researching: > >>DILLARD,HARDIN,HATCHER,HILL,MORELAND,ROBERTS,SPAULDING,WILHITE > >> > >> > >> > >>>From: "George W. Durman" <georgedurman@home.com> > >>>39 pounds, 3 shillings, 7 ½ pence ????? > >>> > >>>(Just Guessing) > >>>SgtGeorge > >>> > >>>At 12:23 AM 11/30/2001, Nancy Hatcher wrote: > >>>*********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* > >>>>Can anyone explain the "value of his estate" is this acreage? > >>>> > >>>>Thanks > >>>>Nancy > >>>> > >>>>Researching: > >>>>DILLARD,HARDIN,HATCHER,HILL,MORELAND,ROBERTS,SPAULDING,WILHITE > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>From: "Thelma Wisecaver" <thelma@salisbury.net> > >>>>> > >>>>>THE VALUE OF HIS ESTATE WAS 39.3.7 1/2. > >>>**********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********** > >>> > >>> > >>>==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== > >>>Don't forget, there is also a new WILHOIT Mailing List at Rootsweb. > >>>Subscribe to it the same way you did to this WILHITE List. > >>>(To contact the Listowner, send to georgedurman@home.com) > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >> > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >> > >> > >>==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== > >>To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: > >> WILHITE-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > >> WILHITE-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > >>Type only ONE word in the Subject line: unsubscribe > >> > >>============================== > >>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/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >**********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********** > > > > > >==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: > > WILHITE-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > > WILHITE-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > >Type only ONE word in the Subject line: unsubscribe > > > >============================== > >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/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >