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A TABLE Exhibiting the value of a Dollar in each of the United States and practical theorems for exchanging the currency of either into that of another To exchange fromto N. Engl States & Virginia Pennsylva Jsh Dela & Maryland New York and N. Carolina S. Carolina and Georgia New England States & Virginia Dollar 6s 1.25 1.33 0.78 Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware & Maryland 0.8 Dollar 7s 6 1.07 x 3 1/9 X ÷ 5 New York and North Carolina 0.75 0.94 Dollar 8s 0.67 South Carolina and Georgia 1.29 0.58 1.86 Dollar 4s 8

 

* The New England States are New Hampshire Massachusets Rhode Island and Connecticut

Transcribed by Mike Bertram 4/10/2023

Notes

1. Although the use of the Guinea in currency disappeared with decimalization in the UK, there are still, in my memory, horse races such as the 2000 Guineas Stakes.
2. Pistole means any of various gold coins used in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a doubloon or double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis dظ€آOr of Louis XIII of France, and to other European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin. Reference: Wikipedia
Duffels- heavy, blanket-like wool cloth.
Fathom- (as in tobacco) 6 feet.
Gingerline- ginger-colored cloth.
Kersey- cheap, coarse wool cloth, often used for blankets.
Middling- medium sized.
Pappcote- bobcat.
Peck- 8 quarts or _ bushel.
Peltry- animal skins.
Scaines- skeins, twisted lengths of yarn; sometimes 80 yards-worth.
Thicks- possibly from "thickset", meaning a coarse cotton cloth.
Truckmaster- man who runs a trading post.

From: http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_5th/lesson1/vocab.html