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From: "ruth brooks" <>
Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Ordinary License in 1715
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 16:59:00 -0400
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Betty Lee,
Enjoyed the ordinary license rules - charming. Thanks for sharing. Did
people lug around vast quantities of tobacco in lieu of cash? Also, it
sounds discouraging that one would have to grow and pick 120 lbs. of tobacco
in order to purchase a gallon of cider. As you say, the good old days.
Ruth
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Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Ordinary License in 1715


> Hi, Listers,
> While looking for other info in "Principio to Wheeling" by EC.May, I
bumped
> into the following on p.5. The author is describing a tavern in North
East,
> Cecil Co.:
>
> "Hanging to a wall - just beneath the ceiling - Joeseph Farmer read Jacob
> Partridge's license from the Provincial Court of Maryland as an 'ordinary
> keeper'. This license fixed the maximum landlord Partridge might charge
for
> lodgings, meals and liquors. The Court had likewise ordered that Mr.
> Partridge should charge no more than:
> Rum, per gallon, 10 shillings or 120 lbs of tobacco
> Punch, per gill, with 3 parts rum, 4 shillings or 48 lbs of tobacco
> Flipe, per gill, with 3 parts rum, 4 shillings or 44 lbs of tobacco
> Cider, per glass, 1 shilling, 4 pence or 10 lbs of tobacco
> Beer, per gallon, 1 shilling or 10 lbs of tobacco
> Quince drink, per gallon, 1 shilling or 12 lbs of tobacco
>
> The tavern's tap room was so large twelve guests could easily sit at its
> broad table while they ate a hot stew from an iron kettle hanging in the
huge
> fireplace, a wild turkey nicely browned on a spit, corn bread and hominy -
> and rum or other spirits they were in the mood for. Once outside of these
> creature comforts each man lighted his pipe and puffed contentedly on
> Maryland tobacco."
>
> Oh, for those good old days. !???
>
> Betty Lee H.
>
>
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