Seventh Anniversary... Social Festival at the Quincy House, Wednesday Evening, Dec. 11, 1950. Bill of Fare

Boston, Mass: Propeller Press, 142 Washington St, 1850

By [Menu – Boston Young Men's Total Abstinence Society; Quincy House (Boston, Mass.)]

Boston, Mass: Propeller Press, 142 Washington St, 1850. Bi-fold menu (21 x 13.5 cm.), [4] pages. Illustrated. The Boston Young Men's Total Abstinence Society was formed in 1846. This "Seventh Anniversary" banquet offered an alcohol free menu with Baked Trout in Anchovy Sauce, Mutton Cutlet in Gardner's Sauce, Eels with Tartar Sauce, Mongrel Ducks, seven types of pie or cake, AND then dessert. The final page contains an engraving of Quincy House. The menu is stained, and has some dark fold marks, mostly visible on the final page. Otherwise very good.

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Title

Seventh Anniversary... Social Festival at the Quincy House, Wednesday Evening, Dec. 11, 1950. Bill of Fare

Author

[Menu – Boston Young Men's Total Abstinence Society; Quincy House (Boston, Mass.)]

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Propeller Press, 142 Washington St: Boston, Mass

Date

1850

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