To
The Public
Having completed my mills, I can now
make Meal for all who will bring
their corn, and furnish lumber on the
shortest notice at the following prices, viz:
Rough
edge plank $0.75
Weatherboard 1.50
Ceiling 1.62
Inch
plank 1.75
Quartered
flooring 11 inches thick 2.00
Quartered
flooring 14 inches thick 2.25
Scantling
3 by 4 inches 3.00
Joist
$3.50 to $4.00 according to size
Having thus reduced the prices of
lumber from previous rates to meet the exigencies of the times, I hope generous
customers will not deem it amiss in me upon the return of better times to
return to the better prices.
Cash will be required for all lumber on
delivery.
Published
in the April 18, 1840
Southern Star in Copiah
County.
Charles
Benjamin N. Rice
Transcriber’s note: I don’t know how to interpret the prices
since I don’t know if there was a standard length for lumber in those days.
Surely, it can’t be priced by linear foot or square foot.