these appeared at various times in Virginia's history: 



• Shipping charges for the brave young women 

 "of good famihes" who came to Virginia in 1620 

 and 1621 as prospective wives to the planters 

 were first 120 pounds of best leaf and later 150 

 pounds. "This payment to take precedence of 

 all other debts." 



• Salaries of clergymen became fixed at 16,000 

 pounds of tobacco leaf per annum. The fee for 

 a marriage ceremony was 200 pounds of leaf; 

 for a funeral service 400 pounds. "No man," 

 stated a regulation of 1624, "was to dispose of 

 his tobacco before the minister be satisfied." 



• "A sufficient, good and wholesome meal" 

 served in a tavern was to cost 10 pounds of 

 tobacco; a gallon of "strong beer," 8 pounds. 

 This was in 1644 and tobacco was then rated at 

 6 pence the pound for best leaf, 4 pence the 

 pound for medium leaf. 



• By a Parliamentary law of 1673 a tax of one 

 penny the pound was chargeable on tobacco 

 exported from Virginia or Maryland to another 

 colony. Later, this was applied to the partial 

 maintenance of the College of William and 

 Mary. 



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obacco meets opposition 



Quite apart from destructive elements in nature, agri- 

 cultural inexperience, the carelessness of many planters 



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