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1767-Jan.-28

1767-Jan.-28: Market data for metropolitan French imports showed that old wine reached prices as high as 200 livres in Cap-Français.

HT-AFAM-1767-000027

1767-Jan.-28: Market data for metropolitan French imports showed that old wine reached prices as high as 200 livres in Cap-Français. Moissac flour, a dietary staple for the colonial elite, was valued between 66 and 80 livres in the northern capital. Essential provisions like salt pork and soap also saw price variations across the island, with soap reaching 100 livres per hundredweight in Léogane. These snapshots of the colonial economy highlight the high cost of maintaining European lifestyles in the Caribbean through constant maritime imports.

Source  ·  HT-AFAM-1767-000027 Affiches Américaines, 28 Jan. 1767 / Bates: HT-AFAM-1767-000027