Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

Finances

Price of Food Paid by a British Officer in Portugal: 1809 - 1811

 

Item

Amount

Cost in Dollars

Cost in Shillings

Year

Tea, sugar, butter

1 dollar 35 vintems

3 shillings 5 pence

1809

Anchovies

10 dozen

2 dollars

9 shillings

1809

Gin

3 bottles

3 dollars 24 vintems

16 shillings 2 pence

1809

Ham

1

1 dollar 27.5 vintems

5 shillings 2 pence

1809

Ham

17 pounds

3 dollars 34 vintems

14 shillings 4 pence

1809

Turkeys

2

12 vintems

1 shilling 3 pence

1809

Fowls

4

2 dollars

9 shillings

1809

Tea

1 pound

3 dollars

13 shillings 6 pence

1810

Rum

2 bottles

1 dollar 24 vintems

2 shillings 1 pence

1810

Gin

6 bottles

7 dollars 4 vintems

31 shillings 6 pence

1810

Tongues

2

2 dollars 16 vintems

9 shillings 6 pence

1810

Salmon

1

1 dollar

4 shillings 6 pence

1810

Fowl

1

24 vintems

2 shillings 6 pence

1810

Brandy

16 bottles

6 dollars

27 shillings

1810

Tea

2 pounds

4 dollars 30 vintems

18 shillings 9 pence

1810

Holland Dutch Gin

8 bottles

8 dollars

36 shillings

1810

Anchovies

10 dozen

2 dollars

9 shillings

1810

Gin

3 bottles

3 dollars 24 vintems

14 shillings 1 pence

1810

Tea

2 pounds

2 dollars

9 shillings

1810

Ducks

3

1 dollar 5 vintems

4 shillings 7 pence

1810

Gin

4 bottles

3 dollars 10 vintems

13 shillings 9 pence

1810

Salt, refined

2 pounds

15 vintems

5 shillings

1810

Pepper

1/4 pound

10 vintems

3 pence

1810

Ham

1

2 dollars 32 vintems

9 shillings 10 pence

1810

Brandy & Gin

2 bottles of each

4 dollars

18 shillings

1811

Biscuits

1 small barrel

1 dollar 20 vintems

5 shillings

1811

Tongues

3

1 dollar 20 vintems

5 shillings

1811

Port

48 bottles

15 dollars 29 vintems

68 shillings 3 pence

1811

Marmalade

5 pounds

1 dollar 35 vintems

5 shillings 4 pence

1811

 

Source: Dickson, Alexander: The Dickson Manuscripts Volumes 1, 2, 3; edited by John Leslie; Ken Trotman, Cambridge; 1988. P. xi



 

  

 

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