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Danish Islands
St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. John.
Accounts are stated in dollars of 100 cents. The exchange on London was lately quoted at $4.65 cents for £1.
Measures and weights, as in DENMARK. The British yard and French aune are also partially in use.
2026 Editor's Note: The three islands listed—St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John—formed the core of the Danish West Indies , a Danish colony in the Caribbean from 1672 until their sale to the United States in 1917. Denmark first settled St. Thomas in 1672, colonized St. John in 1718, and purchased St. Croix from France in 1733. The colony's economy was built on sugar plantations and the transatlantic slave trade; St. Croix optimized the structure of slave society and became the most profitable island. (Ed: DS 2026-08-08)