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How can I find the costs of things in 1830?
I am writing a novel and having trouble finding the cost of things in the 1830's
In the USA.
Oddly enough, advertisments and want-ads in period newspapers did not include many prices.
2 Answers
- Joyce BLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
You don't say what country. This might help or search on 19th century prices.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Many university libraries have the London Times on microfilm not just in the UK.
Most university libraries will let non-members look at microfilm in the library.
Call the largest one near you. Ask. If they have it and it is open to non-members, spend a Saturday poking through the 1830-1840 editions, looking for advertisements.
You'd have to convert pounds to whatever money your characters use. You'd also have to know that the price of, for instance, a silver -framed mirror for a lady's bed chamber would be 3 - 6 times as much in the howling wilderness that is now Beloit than it would have been in London. 60 pounds of venison, hung and dressed, would be much cheaper, though.
