Complimentary Banquet Given by the City Government of Boston to the Boards of Trade of the Western Cities at the Revere House, June 9th, 1865

Boston: the hotel, 1865. Menu, printed on silk (30 x 10.5 cm.), one leaf, printed verso only. Illustrated with an engraving of vignettes of freight transport via ship and train. WITH: Printed envelope (8 x 13 cm.), with an engraving. A handsome menu printed on silk for a banquet celebrating the Boards of Trade of the Western Cities, given by the City of Boston at the Revere Hotel. Revere House was one of the city's leading hotels, hosting guests that included Charles Dickens, Jenny Lind, and Walt Whitman. Daniel Webster addressed audience from the steps of the portico. The engraving on the envelope depicts the hotel from across Boston's Bowdoin Square. The hotel has had an additional structure added to the previously flat roof. The bill of fare for the Western Boards of Trade included Green Turtle Soup, Baked Shad in a Wine Sauce, Leg of Southshore Mutton in Caper Sauce, Duffield's Ham, Pate de Foie, and much more. In remarkably fine condition, with only the slightest fraying to the edges of the silk. The envelope, with an engraving of the Boston's City Hall, has some light soil, but is near fine.