http://www.westegg.com/inflation/  This site has an inflation calculator
that is very handy in determining relative values in old wills.

-----Original Message-----
From: Perry Mccrary 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 7:26 AM
Subject: Relative $ Values


Just read this and thought of reading wills, etc., & thinking about the
>wealth (or lack of same) of people in "the old days".
>"RELATIVE VALUES
>$1 in 1850 was the equivalent of $35 in 1995.
>The blue collar wage in NY was $1.50 to $2 per day.
>College tuition was $200 per year.
>A doctors visit coat $5.
>Transatlantic fare (one way) cost $60."
>from Stewart- "The Magnificent Savages"
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