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01394 U.S.

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)

Area and year With board furnished Without board furnished


Carpenters

Masons and bricklayers

Joiners and riggers

Coopers

Tailors

Laborers

Carpenters

Masons and bricklayers

Joiners and riggers

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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