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Services & Fees

SERVICES & FEES 1825-1849

Service/Fee Data Source Description Price Bail Statutes at Large of South Carolina (1827) Fee charged by attorney for issuing bail in South Carolina, 1827 $1.00 Cabin Boy American Heritage (1960) Cabinboy’s share of earning for transporting goods on a single voyage netting over $51,000, 1833 $255.00 Cadaver Edward McGill Narrative of Reminiscences in Williamsburg County (1952) Cost to obtain one cadaver from a potter’s field (around 1841) $5.00 Captain American Heritage (1960) Captain’s share of earnings for transporting goods on a single voyage netting over $51,000 1833 $5,100.00 Doctor’s Visit Wells, The Origins of the South Middle Class (2004) Visit for a routine call in Florida in 1842 $2.00 Domestic A. Kessler-Harris, Out to Work (1982) Bonus, for maintaining one year’s service to employer in New York, 1826 1 Bible Emancipation Maud Carter Clement, History of Pittsylvania County Virginia (1990) Major John Ward of Pittsylvania, Virginia bequeathed $20 to his former slaves over fifteen years of age along with their freedom $20 and freedom Fine Statutes at Large of South Carolina (1828) Fine for destroying or cutting trees along public roads in South Carolina, 1828 $12.00 Initiation Fee The Nature of Jacksonian America, edited by Douglas T Miller (1972) Initiation fee for entrance into the Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvements, ca 1825 $100.00 Lecture Fee Wells, The Origins of the South Middle Class (2004) Fee to attend the lecture series of the Young Men’s Library Society in Augusta in 1848 $1.00 Lecture Fee Wells, The Origins of the South Middle Class (2004) Fee to attend an individual lecture provided by the Young Men’s Library Society in 1848 $0.25 Library Admission Fee Wells, The Origins of the South Middle Class (2004) Washington Library Society in Charleston - Fee is to join Society in 1834 $1.00 Library Annual Dues Wells, The Origins of the South Middle Class (2004) Washington Library Society’s Annual dues in Charleston, South Carolina in 1834 $6.00 Library Annual Dues Wells, The Origins of the South Middle Class (2004) Fee to have borrowing privileges at the Augusta Georgia Library Society in 1848 $4.00 Pasturage Pace & McGee, The life and Times of Ridgeway, Virginia. Pasturage per head for horse and cattle for 12 hours at a tavern in Ridgeway, Virginia, 1849 $0.05 Performer McKearin, American Bottles & Flasks (1978) Performance fee paid to opera singer Jenny Lind for 150 performances within a year throughout North America, 1848 $1,000.00 Plea Statutes at Large of South Carolina (1827) Fee charged by attorney for filing plea to the court in South Carolina, 1827 $4.00 Public School Cost Pace & McGee, The life Times of Ridgeway, and Virginia (1990) Average daily cost per pupil in a public school in a Henry County, Virginia, 1838 $0.04 Rent Statutes at Large of South Carolina (1828) Payment for state’s governor to find housing in Columbia, South Carolina, 1828 $400.00 Stableage Pace & McGee, The life and Times of Ridgeway, Virginia (1990) Stableage for 24 hours for a hourse without food at a tavern in, Virginia, 1849 $1.00 Tariff Dewey, Early Financial History of the United States (1934) Per square yard tariff on carpets imported into the United States, 1846 $0.30 Toll Statutes at Large of South Carolina (1828) Toll for every head of cattle at establish toll gates in South Carolina, 1828 $0.02 Wagon Construction Statutes at Large of South Carolina (1836) Fee charged by William Lloyd for making carriage and mounting cannon for the Marion Flying Artillery, South Carolina, 1836 $60.00 Writ Statutes at Large of South Carolina (1827) Fee charged for issuing a writ for contempt of court in South Carolina, 1827 $3.00
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