| PRICE OF SILVER AT BOSTON | |||||||
| YEAR | PRICE OF SILVER in shillings (O.T.) | YEAR | PRICE OF SILVER in shillings (O.T.) | YEAR | PRICE OF SILVER in shillings (O.T.) | ||
| 1700 | 7.00 | 1718 | 11.00 | 1736 | 26.75 | ||
| 1701 | 7.00 | 1719 | 12.00 | 1737 | 26.75 | ||
| 1702 | 7.00 | 1720 | 12.33 | 1738 | 27.75 | ||
| 1703 | 7.00 | 1721 | 12.94 | 1739 | 29.17 | ||
| 1704 | 7.00 | 1722 | 14.25 | 1740 | 28.62 | ||
| 1705 | 8.00 | 1723 | 15.00 | 1741 | 28.25 | ||
| 1706 | 8.00 | 1724 | 16.25 | 1742 | 28.25 | ||
| 1707 | 8.00 | 1725 | 15.50 | 1743 | 31.00 | ||
| 1708 | 8.00 | 1726 | 16.00 | 1744 | 33.00 | ||
| 1709 | 8.00 | 1727 | 16.00 | 1745 | 36.00 | ||
| 1710 | 8.00 | 1728 | 17.17 | 1746 | 43.00 | ||
| 1711 | 8.33 | 1729 | 20.30 | 1747 | 56.80 | ||
| 1712 | 8.50 | 1730 | 20.00 | 1748 | 56.38 | ||
| 1713 | 8.50 | 1731 | 18.75 | 1749 | 58.00 | ||
| 1714 | 9.00 | 1732 | 20.00 | 1750 | 53.75 | ||
| 1715 | 9.00 | 1733 | 22.00 | 1751 | 50.00 | ||
| 1716 | 10.00 | 1734 | 25.70 | 1752 | 50.00 | ||
| 1717 | 10.00 | 1735 | 27.50 | 1753 | 50.00 | ||
| Source: Frank B. Dexter, ed., Extracts from the Itineraries and other Miscellanies of Ezra
Stiles . . . 1755-1794, pp. 7-8. Data taken from the books of Jacob Hurd and Thomas Edwards, goldsmiths. | |||||||