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Re: 100 pounds in 1845 would be what in todays money?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 29 June 10 20:41 BST (UK) »
If you look at http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,456130.msg3174740.html#msg3174740 you will see that £800 is what a shipwright's family in 1854 could live on for over ten years.

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