He had an independent property of about a thousand souls, to reckon in the old style What does reckon in the old style imply here?

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José Inhorem

2022年8月29日 16:17

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I feel sure "reckon" means "to calculate a sum," "to add up." I don't understand the reference to "old style." Perhaps it means that there was a tradition of describing the value of a piece of land by saying how many people lived on it, rather than by calculating its value in money.

2022年8月29日

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