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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
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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.
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