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