Receipt for "dinners, servants dinners, and horses fed" at the Farmers' Hotel

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This handwritten, single page document is a receipt given to Mr. Robert Hord for meals served at the Farmers Hotel. The receipt itemizes "5 dinners, servants' dinners, and 3 horses fed." The receipt is dated September 8, 1819. The document is written in black ink.

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