On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Dennis Kelly wrote: > Does anyone have a handy comparison of what a dollar bought in Huck Finn's > day? > > What did it cost to buy a loaf of bread or a chicken? > > How much was deck passage up the Ohio? > > Dennis Kelly > I'm not sure about the cost of a loaf of bread, but I believe Twain says he paid 16 dollars for deck passage from Cincinnati to New Orleans at the beginning of *Life on the Mississippi*. Wish I could be of more help. Jan McIntire UNLV