Prices for FOOD in Massachusetts, 1780s
The extensive price figures below were collected by the state of Massachusetts, and reported in Comparative wages, prices, and cost of living (from the Sixteenth annual report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, for 1885) by Carroll D. Wright. Most tables below report price data up through the 1860s. These are retail prices unless otherwise noted (source).
Prices for HOUSEHOLD ITEMS in Massachusetts, 1780s
The extensive price figures below were collected by the state of Massachusetts, and reported in Comparative wages, prices, and cost of living (from the Sixteenth annual report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, for 1885) by Carroll D. Wright. Most tables below report price data up through the 1860s. These are retail prices unless otherwise noted (source).
Prices for CLOTHING and SEWING SUPPLIES in Massachusetts, 1780s
The extensive price figures below were collected by the state of Massachusetts, and reported in Comparative wages, prices, and cost of living (from the Sixteenth annual report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, for 1885) by Carroll D. Wright. Most tables below report price data up through the 1860s. These are retail prices unless otherwise noted (source).
Prices for BUILDING MATERIALS in Massachusetts, 1780s
This data was collected by the state of Massachusetts, and reported in Comparative wages, prices, and cost of living (from the Sixteenth annual report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, for 1885) by Carroll D. Wright. These are retail prices unless otherwise noted (source).
Prices in ENGLAND, 1780s
Prices in FRANCE, 1780s
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