The History Of What Things Cost In America: 1776 to Today

1776

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• One ton of iron cost $63.73 (Philadelphia, 1775)
• Twenty gallons of orange peel cordial cost 3 pounds (Richmond County, VA, 1776)
• One checkerboard with pieces cost 2 shillings, 6 pence (Richmond County, VA, 1776)
• One double-barreled gun cost 3 pounds (Richmond County, VA, 1776)
• One pound of coffee cost 0.13 silver dollars (Boston, 1775)
• $1 in 1775 = $29 today

1825

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• Ten pounds of sugar cost $0.20 (1822)
• One acre in a tract of land of over 400 acres cost $2.00 (Sumter, SC, 1823)
• One bushel (35.2 liters) of potatoes cost $0.12 (1829)
• One set of blue china cost $8.00 (1828)
• One cow cost $12.00 (1829)
• One Pound of Coffee Cost $0.17
• One dollar in 1825 = $22.40 today

1900

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• ”Tooth soap” cost $0.25 (1896)
• Board at Clemson College for 40 weeks cost $59 (1896)
• A home on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, NY cost $7,000 to $12,000 (1901)
• One Oldsmobile cost $650 (1904)
• One pound of coffee cost $0.15
• $1 in 1900 = $26.40 today