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- Hotel del Coronado Records, 1888-1995
Letter from E. S. Babcock to Mr. G. Warren
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V006-278
Letter from E. S. Babcock to Mr. G. Warren
Bound Correspondence; Volume 6, page 278
08/31/1889
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Babcock, Elijah S.
Babcock writes to Warren regarding an appropriate amount of liquor for hotel cooks.
Food, liquorHotel del Coronado; Letters; Correspondence; Elijah S. Babcock; E. S. Babcock; G. Warren; Kitchen staff; Liquor; Chefs; Hotel industry
1500 Orange Avenue
California - Coronado
- Hotel del Coronado Records, 1888-1995
Dining at the Del
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Mr. G. Warren,
Palace Hotel, San Francisco
Friend Warren,
My cook has gone to get married and I find that the cooks in the kitchen get their regular allowance of claret wine for drinking purposes and that they have lately being getting brandy. They claim that it is customary in other hotels to give the cooks several drinks of liquor during the day will you please tell me what is customary in your hotel so that I can be governed some [unkown] it and oblige.
Yours truly,
E. S. Babcock
Palace Hotel, San Francisco
Friend Warren,
My cook has gone to get married and I find that the cooks in the kitchen get their regular allowance of claret wine for drinking purposes and that they have lately being getting brandy. They claim that it is customary in other hotels to give the cooks several drinks of liquor during the day will you please tell me what is customary in your hotel so that I can be governed some [unkown] it and oblige.
Yours truly,
E. S. Babcock
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