You might try contacting Historic St. Mary's City in Maryland (www.stmaryscity.org). They have done a great deal of research on such things. Keni Sturgeon Jensen Arctic Museum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nickson, Matthew" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 4:55 pm Subject: Re: Cost of 18th Century Tobacco Question > Hi, > > have a look at the first volume of Daniel Boorstin´s award-winning > trilogy,The Americans > This has an extensive bibliography re the period and the use of > tobacco as > legal currency. > > regards > > Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erin Spahr [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, 6 June 2003 1:33 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Cost of 18th Century Tobacco Question > > > Hi all- I'm currently a graduate student in History at George Mason > University in Fairfax, Virginia doing an internship at George > Washington'sMount Vernon. > > I am currently in search of the cost of 18th century tobacco- > first, the > cost of tobacco if you were to walk in to a general store and buy > a "pouch" > of it, and second, how much did the English merchants (who bought the > tobacco from Virginians) turn around and sell the tobacco for to the > manufacturers. > > If anybody has any of this information and can share their sources > with me, > or can give me some suggestions as to where to look for this > information I'd > really appreciate it. I'm a little stuck, and I need the > information for a > future exhibit. > > Thanks so much for your help, > Erin Spahr > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e- > mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" > (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail > message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "SignoffMuseum-L" (without the quotes). > Museum Victoria, Australia's International Museum. This e- > mail is > solely for the named addressee and may be confidential. You > should only > read, disclose, transmit, copy, distribute, act in reliance on or > commercialise the contents if you are authorised to do so. If you > are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify > [log in to unmask] by e-mail immediately, or notify the > sender and > then destroy any copy of this message. Views expressed in this e- > mail are > those of the individual sender, except where specifically stated > to be those > of an officer of Museum Victoria. Museum Victoria does not represent, > warrant or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been > maintained nor that it is free from errors, virus or interference. > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain > detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one > line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of > the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message > should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).