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Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970,
bicentennial edition, Part 2 (Washington, D.C., 1975), page 1196.
[page 1196]
Series Z 539-550. Daily Wages of Selected Types of Workmen, by Area: 1621 to 1781
(,, pound sterling; s. shilling; d. pence. Pay in local currency; not comparable from colony to colony)
Coopers
Tailors
Laborers
Carpenters
Coopers
Tailors
Laborers
539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. s. d. s. d. s. d. , s. d. s. d.
d.
Massachusetts,
1670 . . . . . . . . . ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 2-0 2-0 ..... 3
2-8 1-8 (2)
1-3
2-0
Massachusetts,
1633. . . . . . . . . . 14 14 14 ..... 12 8 2-0 2-0 ..... ..... 18
2-0
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