*

Sterling money was, formerly, of the same value in all the Colonies of North-America. By reason, however, of a paper currency, a dollar was reckoned, in

New-England, Virginia and Kentucky,

Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, Delaware and Maryland,

New-York and North-Carolina,

South-Carolina and Georgia,

In all the Colonies, one pound was the integer.

6s.

7s. 6d.

88.

4s. 8d.

TROY WEIGHT.*

24 Grains (gr.) make 1 penny weight, pwt.

20 Penny Weights 1 ounce,

12 Ounces

Oz.

Ib.

1 pound,

By this weight are weighed all jewels, gold, silver, plate, pearl, medicines, and liquors.

† All enarse and drossy goods are weighed by this weight.

* Grain, Salt, &c. are measured by striked measure: but Pears, Apples, Potatoes, Tarnips, &c. are heaped to a handsome rounding

measure.

* Brandy, Spirits, Perry, Cider, Vinegar, Mead, Honey, Oil, and Milk, are measured by this measure.

† According to the best computation, a solar year consists of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 55 seconds. But by the calendar, it is divided in the following manner.

No more days than 30, hath the month of September,
The same may be said of June, April, November:
The rest of the months have just 30 and one,
Except that short month, February, alone,
Which to itself claimeth just 8 and a score,
But in every leap year we give it one more.

SOLID, OR CUBIC MEASURE.

1728 inches make 1 foot,

40 feet of timber make 1 ton, or load,
128 feet, or 8 feet long. 1 cord of wood,

4 feet high, and 4 feet wide, S

ft.

'T.

G.