Six Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to Present

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Samuel H. Williamson, "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1790 to Present," MeasuringWorth, 2008.

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