Price List of Year 1850?

Question

I'm looking for the cost and price of things in 1850. It's for a story I'm writing.

But I need more than just like oxen, 16$, coffee 10 cents a pound.

I need like property prices, clothing prices, cheese prices, tent prices, price of violin. Little stuff like that.

Thanks.

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Answer 1

Try newspapers.  One site I have listed below was found under newspapers-1850

Answer 2

Thats a pretty tall order, but you may find something on this website -

http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/RDavies/ari...