Docno: ADMS-03-01-02-0003-0002-0022
Author: Adams, John Quincy
Date: 1781-07-22
This morning at 4 o'clock we set off from Naumburg for Leipsic where we arriv'd at
about 11 o'clock A.M. The distance is about 36 Miles. The first post was a little
mountainous but pretty well cultivated, the last post is a large plain well cultivated
also.
A German Post Mile is 6 English Miles And a German post is generally two German Miles;
You pay a German Guilder per post for each horse; for a post and a half you pay a
guilder and a half per horse and for two posts in proportion. A German Guilder is
about 1 shilling and 10 pence Sterling. The money changes in almost every petty prince's
dominions and the same silver money does not pass above 100 Engh. Miles, in general,
but French Guineas or Dutch Ducats pass all over Germany. In some places Ducats are
better than Louis D'ors, and in others L'D'or's are better than Ducats, but you lose
something by either, in the Exchange.