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FinancesPrice of Food Paid by a British Officer in Lisbon, Portugal: December
1812
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Item |
Amount |
Cost |
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Madeira Wine |
1 bottle |
4 shillings 6 pence |
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Local Red Wine |
1 bottle |
1 shilling 10 pence |
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Local White Wine |
1 bottle |
1 shilling 6 pence |
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Beef |
1 pound |
1 shilling 4 pence |
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Chicken |
1 |
4 shillings 6 pence |
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Turkey |
1 |
27 shillings (£1 7 shillings) |
Source: Sabine, Edward (editor). Letters of Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer, K.C.B. Commanding the Royal Horse Artillery in the Army under the Duke of Wellington Uckfield : Military and Naval Press; 2001. Page 10
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