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A TABLE

Exhibiting the value of a Dollar in each of the United States and practical theorems for exchanging the currency of either into that of another

To exchange
from
to

 N. Engl States & Virginia Pennsylva Jsh Dela & Maryland New York and N. Carolina S. Carolina and Georgia

New England States & Virginia

 Dollar 6s1 Add one 4th

Add one 3d

 Subtract 1/9 twice

Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware & Maryland

Subtract one 5th

Dollar 7/61

Add one 1/15th

x 3 1/9
X ÷ 5

New York and North Carolina

Subtract one 4th

Subtract one 16th

Dollar 8s1

To 1/2 add 1/6 of the 1/2

South Carolina and Georgia

 Add two 7ths Add 1/2 1/7 of that 1/2 & 1/9 of that 1/7 x 2 & subtract 1/7 product Dollar 4s 81

* The New England States are New Hampshire Massachusets Rhode Island and Connecticut

 

Transcribed by Mike Bertram 4/10/2023

Notes

1. The exchange rates in the diagonal cells seem to be the conversion rates to the State pounds.