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Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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A tavern keeper in western Virginia filed a court record of $497.50 in drink sales for one month (March) as defense in a lawsuit, detailed in an account copied from county court papers and published in the Clarksburg Intelligencer on July 1.
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The following very singular account was copied from the papers filed in one of the County Courts west of the mountains in this state, and not 1000 miles from this town. It appears that this account was filed by a Tavern Keeper, as his defence in a suit.
Dr $497 50
The above is a true copy from the record, and who will venture, or even dare say, that he was a wet soul. Ah this was the proceeds of one calendar month—a wet month, say March.
| To Whiskey at sundry times | S125 00 |
| 1000 half pints | |
| Brandy 1000 half pints | 125 00 |
| Divers Shings | 50 00 |
| Cuts | 75 00 |
| Phlegm cutters | 50 00 |
| 300 Fogmaticks | 62 50 |
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County Courts West Of The Mountains, Virginia
Event Date
March (One Calendar Month); Reported July 1
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bill totaling $497.50 for drinks filed as defense in suit
Event Details
Singular account of tavern drink sales including 1000 half pints whiskey, 1000 half pints brandy, divers shings, cuts, phlegm cutters, and 300 fogmaticks, copied from county court papers.