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Date: 1 Feb 2002 07:49:17 -0800

> Can someone please help me figure this out?
>
> My grandfather in Salem left an estate worth 812 pounds in 1736. I want to
> know what the equivalent of that amount would be today and I can't find a
> website that gives a decent comparison chart. If I knew that 100 pounds of
> New England money (back then) equalled $80 in today's market, that would be
> enough for my little brain to handle.

Jan,
I don't know if there is any real comparison.
Thomas Hardy died in 1677. His real-estate was 800 acres. It was valued at 800, about 1 per acre. Perhaps you could find what the current value of an acre is today and use that as a rough gauge.

John Slaughter
In loving memory of my son, Brennan. 11/10/88-5/31/01
His headstone - http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/Brennan.html
http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/VitalRecords
http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/Bradford
http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/IpswichHistory

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