Tim,

An inflation calculator that covers the years 1800-2002 is available on the website of the Columbia Journalism Review at:

www.cjr.org/resources/inflater.asp

Best regards,

Leslie Corn, M.A., F.G.B.S.
Professional Genealogist
Genealogical Research, Due Diligence, & Missing Heirs
New York, NY
The New York Times, 1851-1998: Remote Access to the ProQuest Database for NYG&B Members.  Part 1: Getting Started
  www.nygbs.org/info/articles/ProQuest1.html
City Clerk's Marriage Licenses, 1908-37: One of 20th-Century Genealogy's Best Primary Sources:
  www.nygbs.org/info/articles/NYC_marriages.html
New York City's Potter's Field: A Visit to Hart Island's City Cemetery in Bronx County
  www.nygbs.org/info/articles/HartIslandPottersField.html
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In a message dated 5/22/2003 7:10:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

>The valuation of $24 for the purchase of Manhattan island (60 guilders
>in Dutch currency) dates from AT LEAST the 1860 NYS Gazetteer, p.437
>(any earlier publication?).
>
>Is there a useful website that shows a table or gives inflation
>conversions from US economy earlier-period-dollars to an approximation
>of a recent-year-dollar?
>
>Tim Holls
>20030509.2145 resending
>