Money Exchange Rates

I've been searching for historical money exchange rates for the 19th century. Below is a link that will convert the British Pound to the American dollar. Link You select the year and time period you're looking for and it will convert. This has been a very helpful link with regard to the cost of carriages from the 19th century to American dollars.

Mountain Men Diaries

Today's tidbit is a link to a great resource. The website is sponsored by the American Mountain Men. The Library has numerous diaries ranging in dates and locations of the Rockies and California. Here's the link to Library of Fur Trade Historical Source Documents

The Encyclopedia Americana

This set of Encyclopedias was produced in 1903. I've found it quite useful and love that the volumes are all searchable and on Google books. Recently on a historical writers loop we started discussing ways to keep our research materials organized. I thought since it isn't always easy to find all the volumes for this set of encyclopedias I'd create a list. This set of encyclopedias has been very useful when dealing with information about the 19th century. The volumes listed below are available at Google Books. Unfortunately I am missing Vol. 10, if you find links for the ones I'm missing please email me so I can add them to the list, thanks.

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol.1

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 2

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol.3

The Encyclopedia American Vol. 4

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 5

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol.6

The Encyclopedia Americana Volume 7 (this edition is from 1905)

The Encyclopedia America Vol. 8 (this edition is from 1906)

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 9

Volume 10

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 11

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 12

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 13

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 14

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 15

The Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 16

Toys - Dolls

Here's a great resource that has quite a few pictures of dolls from 1860 to 1980. Jennifer McKendry has done a great job on this and I believe those of you who are writing during this time period and have female characters, will enjoy browsing through her site.

Jennifer McKendry's A History of Dolls for Dollhouses from 1860 to 1980