New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-04
PRICES IN CONNECTICUT A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO.

PRICES IN CONNECTICUT hoNDnhO
YEARS AGO.
ror, cu,, us ana interesting document lately pub
IND IN III, Hom.kol, at Hartford, c., We have
,,.r.et.d the prices OF form produce and slaves, -
.ump TO IN the isveutcry Of The estate Of Captain
TT omas Wheeler, o. Stosisgt-s, Dec III, l7j5-A lit
tls over one busored a. d ons yeavsgo Capt Whs-l.
or ws one Of the farsrs landed propretors In that
town aud the apprsisemeut Of bis estate amounts to
fl2 699s. 3d. CorAs tout curreacy wh ch ct six shi
rss to the dollar and twenty shllngr to :be pound,
eves 1891 S. which in those Gays constituted him
pretty ricb man.
The home farm ia appraised ct 1000 but the 10
ventory doee net we regret give the pnoe per acre.
The pces Of the following articles are gwen in pounds,
ebllngs end pence which We have reduced 10 dollars
aid cent?, which, by way Of comparison vito present
prices viii be interesting well ss the fact that only
hundred years ago Csssr, Scipi. and Hasu were
part and parcel of cesd mans estate and d+o the
prices at which these chattels" were valued at that
time in Connecticut Perhaps, however the inventory
of South Carolina planter dying in 1857 will be read
with Just a. much curiosity and wonder, a. regards
both the price and existence Of slaves hundred
yens her c. as this s Of time hundred years past
TIE quotstions from Col Wheeer's inventory are a.
follows
Three hundred and bushels Of Indian corn 3"
Iisl ssb. WIS: eaie- per bu.hsli sneen bu'Ael'
Five bushs. beans. ss sd-ssc per bu'hel Gay bushels
' On: rs md bs su!.s pr ~ p. bu.hs .w,..y.
TaeRSysv. bur dr:d SEVENTY pound. cheese 81
one HUNDRED esb,'en pounds a.I in 70 'winss 3D. per
ORE twenty five tuns bay ' tun-s4 II per tan
En- s5 sSd e.1 : p sd o.rd PEI ss, eight,
squares glass, '6s 8d7S1e per SQUARE 90. =, arr.
0ns bio Si.oi ii h or s' Sic Isl. sGEss5 S.
One : :eIrs RS's I'D sis S:-+sS Is
O. e small ho,s. .wift nose, 90 Iss 4d.-s22 81.
One ,orel tone borse years old 50 lie 90. s5i g.
Or sOrI year old horse, "a lie Sd one do "a lis 3D.
Or. ID :cn. mar. ,ps mare colt e. :, 10: 4aIs,7L
One old cid DIV mare and sor.. ss g. Cd
Ole black and white face inare COLT 3s g. sdEeH
One large sOrre mare, white lace horse colt, Sh '' ID
One old bay 81 10. Al one 'orrs sweysH old mare
;o,Isf n.e, wa nose q, 3: 1a-sss7
One s 1t VI is two .p.sisa lea, do
oSs "a; OK s,s .s sm01s e.1' e. ss 80 ss7
Two brown ped OIon Rlo ie' sdte two red pied d. As
TO ws, P.:d zen asl-s' on. .,.,,,.a
g-tnsy az cattle. At e. ls. ID pc, bs.dass7a
-slSs 80
rw.ny five calves. Els i2 sd.-ss % Per h..d-.o. 81
OIe bind.d aud seventy nine store sheep US T. Ids
Eys sheep ram. 81 ss S. IS pr sssdst
si1 I'VE store .win., ga IS sst CT. h'.d-s"r
Or woman 1 en- 5S1s s: sts1ss
One n, gro named c, Ear So s0s-Sl2 s.
One negro woman named H.su 4S7 lO.-slai
Upel esrS named y 2Sl l3A-&lh5 s.
Q negro woman nsmss sarah, SS 10 81.
One lego woman PANIED CIo. 81 l0'-slA
Que negro boy named Pa.rsob SIS. $40.
One negro sirl named Phli., 2lb-s5
One s sT,.s g gSls,,S sSI h Is g -
One servant IDdsn woman Mary s. lSs. Id % IS
Corn is appraised at 33ac.; is quoted now 10 this
city 70 to S4c. The deren in tho price of wheat
10 more considerable. The apprasement is 62ic.
bushels the present market price 81 GU to 81 30 Rye
appraised at dc burhel; 1t is quoted at go 70
Csc. There is very great difference in the price then
and row Of cheese 20. pound against ii to l2c.
The prices Of horses, beeves store cattle, sheep aud
swine will strike every one acquainted with present
prices Of such stock quite remarkable, but
so than the variation between the price of slaves in
Come ctcut in 1855 aud the price Of slaves in Virginia
in 1857. Old Juno ia valued at S276, which seems TO
be the minimum value Of of the humsu family,
while the maximum only 1852 7S-a valuation that
Lacks cipher at the right hand to make it ecu to the
current rates now south of that noted line Of Mason
and Dixon.
The 'Muls'to girl Elisabeth" must have been very
young very ugly, the appraisers were adjusted
by different motives from those which influence the
friends Of the peculiar institution" at the South, or
che would have been valued at much higher figure
than f5-sl6 67-cven In those days Of cheap chat
tek. One servant Indian woman Mary" rated At
Is So, shows not only that the aborgiues were on
shaved, but that they estimated at low price.
AZ evidence of tho little for literature which
prevailed century ago, notice that ali the books
of this rch mans estate valued at only SC sni
lsgs-s9 49,
That is not so singular, for even 10 our day slaves
and libraries not always found in abundance upon
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