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FinancesPrice of Food Paid by a British Officer in Portugal: 1813
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Item |
Amount |
Cost |
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Butter |
1 pound |
4 shillings |
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Bread |
1 pound |
1 shilling 6 pence |
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Gin |
1 bottle |
12 shillings |
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Pepper and mustard |
1 small bottle |
7 shillings |
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Tea |
1 pound |
13 shillings 6 pence |
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Cheese |
1 pound |
4 shillings |
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Gin |
1 bottle |
7 shillings 6 pence |
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Brandy |
1 bottle |
7 shillings 6 pence |
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Porter (beer) |
1 bottle |
5 shillings |
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Milk |
1 quart |
1 shilling |
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Salt-butter |
1 pound |
3 shillings |
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Pork |
1 pound |
1 shilling 8 pence |
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Oil |
1 bottle |
5 shillings |
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Port |
1 bottle |
6 shillings 6 pence |
Source: Larpent, Francis S.: The Private Journal of Francis Seymour Larpent, Judge Advocate General of the British Forces in the Peninsula; Edited by George Larpent; Richard Bentley, London; 1853. Pages 50 & 52
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