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Left: The 1776 dollar would be worth about ll dollars today. This might explain why the price of a whole pig in 1798 was half a dollar. if if .hi ,2 ,1ggg, Below: Believe it or not. early math was more complicated than today. Colonial students had to learn what a firkin. a pun- cheon. and a quintal were. Zh- 1 sg m J- C OQJNl3Q'l-'ZCUT GAZET1 4 .TJV ,i'7 Viff J I Lf4e2,f'f2' 'tsp ff f QQ A. Nx fu vx .Q ,A xv at Abel.,-1 K Y W fe' ei LW' 7 X wi -: ,ii y ulf 4 L.: gt, A 1, 'f ' Q I.. W u N i . -1 f 1:17 -gf i V , I 22, ya, -V t 2, L11-at -X f ff -Q fire-Mi .ffm if Q t els f W in P- - Above: Colonial newspapers were small-sized weeklies with local news. gossip. essays. and reprints of English articles.
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Righl: lf the year was 1776. these guys might be taxed. Colonies. wanting to increase the population. often placed IHXCS on bachelors. Jia- I ' A' gl.- A - -.1 c Az: 3 '31, .1 gi H 4 L i . -2 . 7 . .AV 'gi ' .. !gLpJuv,v' r i iti tml Il'-N' V 1, ,N mniriiir v O RDE R QF W, .i:tr5'ru W ' '. 7.574 -my V. Ecru i . o i , -. Above: Colonists closed their windows and stayed indoors at night. believing the evening air to be bad for their health. u '1 ,r 5. ' 'Zim 'f'1'5i' Above: New England boys played informal football. using a sawdust-filled bag or a leather- covered bladder. One Colonist wrote that the bruising of the shins rendered it disgraceful to those of better education.
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Righlf The first colonial library was established in Boston, but the readers couldn't check out books. 'L all il. tr' rV,.1 -'f4-'-,- r7+2' X X i C: ' lf X rf' '31 f .7 l , x ' ' ' if-. . ,.' ' .,, I J ,ivy I v. Q, , , - 1 .. tl , ' SS X ' 1 gl U. ll : T l ' T 'Q S 1, -' Q- ' ,.,, V. . . , we Above: Some minuets took three months of daily practice to learn. .uv ' w Above: The popu have been replac lasted for days. lar dances of 1776, The Royal George and Lady Buckley's Whimf' ed by the Bump and the I-lustlef' Balls in the southern states often
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