Table 6. Retail Prices In The Houston (Texas) Market
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This section is from the book "A Financial History Of Texas", by Edmund Thornton Miller. Also available from Amazon: A Financial History Of Texas.
Table 6. Retail Prices In The Houston (Texas) Market
(Compiled from the Telegraph and Texas Register.)
Aug. 19, 1837 | Sept. 1, 1838 | Dec. 25, 1839 | Sept. 9, 1840 | Oct. 6, 1841 | Sept. 14, 1842 | Aug. 30, 1843 | Aug. 28, 1844 | Sept. 3, 1845 | |
Bacon, per lb........ | $---------- | $ .18 | $ .50 | $ .16 | $ .15 | $ .10 | $ .09 | $ .09 | $ .09 |
Coffee, per lb.......... | .20 | ........ | .45 | .17 | .10 | .15 | .15 | .105 | .125 |
Corn, per bu.......... | ........ | 1.50 | 4.00 | 1.35 | .75 | 1.30 | .875 | .375 | 1.00 |
Flour, per bbl....... | 30.00 | 20.00 | 30.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
Lard, per lb.... | .20 | .18 | .75 | .15 | .14 | .12 | .125 | .125 | ......... |
Rice, per lb........ | .12 | .20 | .30 | .......... | .06 | ----------- | .08 | .08 | .09 |
Sugar, per lb... | .20 | .17 | .42 | .08 | .10 | .09 | .08 | .09 | .09 |
Nails, per lb......... | ........ | .18 | .35 | .125 | .10 | .10 | .10 | ........ | ......... |
Lumber, per m. | 70.00 | 75.00 | 110.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 |
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