The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-25
Prices in Connecticut a Hundred Years

farfn produce ana sLdres as sworn 10 IN tn(
inventory of the estate of Capt. Thoma,
Wheeler. of Stonington, Dec. II, 17b5-,
!. little over one hundred and one years ago
Capt. Wheeler was one of the largest land
ed proprictors in that town, and the ap.
praiSement of his estate amounts to Gl2, 69g
S. 3D., Connecticut currency, which, at six
shillings to the dollar, and twenty shi!lings
to the pound, gives $i3, ,33l 80, which in
those days constituted him pretty rich man.
The home farm is appraised at Ct, 600,
bat the inventory does not, we regret, give
the price per acre. The prices of the fol-
lowing articles are given in pounds, shiilings
ana pence, which we have reduced to dollars
and cents, which, by the way of compari-
son with present prices, will be interesting /;
as well as the fact that only a hundred years
ago, Caesar, Sciplo and iiagor were part and
parcel of dead mans estate and also the
prices at which these " chattelS" were val
ued at that time in Connecticut. Perhaps,
however, the inventory of South Carolina
planter, dying in 1857, will be read with as
much curiosity and wonder, as regards both
the price and existence Of slaves, hundred
yeare hence, as this is Of a time hundred
years past The quotations from Captain
u heelers inv ntOry are as follows:
Three hundred and ninety-eight bushels
Of Indian corn, go 9s 2I-33.c per bu
. Eight bushels wheat, 20s-G2ic per bu
Ten bushels rye 37s 6d-44c per bushel
ec.,. .Ie ou',ie.S "tans' los CLOS per Gu.;
4''ti ous's nS Salt S'Ir = per o"9"ei.
80 ",."'i oU9h''o ma -
; P'. ""snCi' '"en'y Se'e'' Pou"us 'al'o"' -
T,r.t ber ! Rou'iu, o,.
cl,a.' a. -i g. III 'ON''14
%, nv, Iu PR Pou''i.f .f,I !.oe per 10,
a,,. =, - -i' - ,.'' Fo.I'',', va
rn~rI ''e''' '1 p'' '''''- ~ P''
One hundred ,rert,..fvo ton. b,,. o..
HaIf bnsbG of 4ax s.ed = al-.2. nor
bushoi. l,i '1'''' - ''1A Sss'' - '''
Tbr,. bundrc, fifty feet nine boards 1-s
G4-#2s1I. eirbty SQUARES lass tx Sd
.tc r.r sIosra
MS riJing horse saddle on5 bri5,c c1G
12s 4d-I555 -
On "a sorrc, bor.a r. 1ss .d-e7G as
One HAL horse rrf T9s ID z5555
one sorrrI horlr .v.iCt nos, Ell rs
s37 10
One sorrel horse bald face, el2 5s-
stos5.
one rfed horse rIo-eaa3 a
One small horse, swift nose, ej 13s id
;22 y.
One sorrel stone horse, two years old, 60
lis 3 81 g5.
One s0rrel year old horse, c411s Sd; one
Io.. EtII, si-sI5 1s.
One Old s5rrcl mare and mare colt, e l3s
4d-597I.
one Old bay I-are and horse colt, g Gs
sI-$IIIl.
One Cd blac'. mare and horse cot, G8 Gs
9l-%27 so.
One back mare and white face mare colt
=, is -4-F5I IS.
One large -orre' mare, white face horse
colt. Ga j. 4i-*47 -.
One o,I bav mare. . Iss4i one so-rel
two years oil mare co.t-oid bay, s. =;
One ,.grul mare. swift nose, so S. Id
So =.
One black mare, swift nose. go lGs Sd
50 II.
One drown mare, 3 lis sI-Sl9 y.
uae !at OK, = $ ID; two spcckIed lean
10. 81 Is Il one :at OK, SIS gG-oae
pair, IS 50.
Two brown pea oxen, |i' os fI-E5t -.
Two brown PEE. oxen 10 Us od-t"o
i,l Pea o.-;'2 - - -.
Two white g.-d oxen, Is lJs-S2" l..
One brown tat cox, g IS 4i-to one
spech'cd cow, 3 j. +d-sl6 9o-4O %.
Iweutv-tArce iat cattle, - los ii per
head ,.
one bull, g lss ID; tA!rty-two COWS,
go $ +i-s223 81.
Twenty-Five two years old cattle, ti3 Us
Il Uer head 3 JG-s i3S 20.
I~enty-SX one year Old cattle, ~ Us 81; .
per head = cJ-Siyl II.
Twenty-Five cai'eS, 1lJ rs Gd; Uo per .
hc1d-to,al so.
One hundred and seventy nine store sheep .
Five sheep rams, - 0s; Soc per head
$4l7.
Fify-s.y fat swine, GGJ; 3 SO per head
S2l6 o..
Sjxty-tive store swine, 4l+ los; osEc per
head-s4g l..