Jean, Thank you for the answer, as you may have noted Liz Beecher also answered.
The period was 1768, in Ipswich, Massachusetts Colony. This is in a newly published book about the Ipswich Lace Industry which was from 1750 - 1840. The author is Marta Cotterell Rafell, the ISBN 1-58465-163-6. The laces pictured are point ground and Dieppe ground laces many of which were made in black or blond silk. There is also a passage "he (the debtor) was also routinely purchasing large amounts of 'quality thread'. On Aug 4, 1768, Mr. Pulcipher bought two more skeins of thread for 2 shillings, 6 pence. Since lace is made from this thread, such purchases indicate that this household was engaged in lace making." I am very eager to get further into the book. Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lorri Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "lace arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Monetary conversion site > Hi Lorri, > In pre-decimal England, 12 pence equal 1 shilling and 20 shillings > equalled 1 pound. A debt of one pound three shillings and 4 pence was > the same as 23 and a quarter shillings, so at 18 shillings a yard for > the lace they would need to make something about 1 and a third yards. > What sort of lace was this? as it seems a very high price for yard > lace. Even into the beginning of the 20th century adverts for Beds. > lace showed lace edgings at anything up to 2 and a half shillings to > the yard. Can you give a date for this? > Jean in Cleveland U.K. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:41 AM, Lorri Ferguson wrote: > > > Hello Gentle Spiders, > > > > I know monetary exchange sights have been discussed and posted before > > but I > > didn't save the postings. > > I have just purchased the new book on The Laces of Ipswich and there is > > reference to the cost of laces and the threads. > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
