V020-353

Letter from E. S. Babcock to Messrs Swift & Co.

Bound Correspondence; Volume 20, page 353

11/10/1891

Babcock, Elijah S.

 

Babcock writes to Swift & Company with a request for prices on provisions and cuts of meat.

Hotel del Coronado; Letters; Correspondence; Elijah S. Babcock; E. S. Babcock; Hotel industry; Swift & Company; Meat; Provisions; Prices

1500 Orange Avenue

California - Coronado

 

Dining at the Del

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English

 

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No

 

November 10, 1891
Messrs Swift & Co.,
Kansas City, Mo.,

Gentlemen:-
We have been in the habit of buying in Kansas City and Chicago by the car load, for our hotel, during the winter, and are now about ready to place the first order. Please quote prices on the following:

100 extra short loins
125 extra short ribs
5 tierces ham
3 tierces breakfast bacon
4 half barrels pigs feet
1 barrel honey comb tripe
1000 lbs pure lard
75 lbs sweet breads
15 calves' livers
1 bbl pickled beef tongue
100 lbs pork tenderloins
Would want to come in same refrigerator car,
250 turkeys drawn
400 hens drawn
200 broiler drawn
200 spring chickens drawn Should also like quotations on 100 lbs beef tenderloins, 70 dozen cans select oysters.

Yours truly,
E. S. Babcock

 

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