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Showing posts with label Inflation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inflation. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 30, 1863

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Bought E. a ninepence calico dress today, for which I gave $30! Unbleached, very coarse cottons are now $2.25 per yard. SOURCE: Elizabe...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: April 21, 1863

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Made a few purchases today; two common gingham aprons for G. for which I gave $12! Two thin, very common cotton stockings, $4 per pair! Ten...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 24, 1861

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To-day I was startled by the announcement from Col. Bledsoe that he would resign soon, and that it was his purpose to ask the President to ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 2, 1861

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My wife had a little gold among her straightened finances; and having occasion to purchase some article of dress, she obtained seven and a ...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, November 14, 1863

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MANSFIELD, OHIO, Nov. 14, 1863. My Dear Brother: . . . . . . . . . . On Tuesday next I start for Gettysburg, to take part in the ...
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