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>Can anyone give me some sources for historic feast menus? I'm interested in
>the quantities of food, number of courses, amounts of alcohol offered, etc.
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>cliff, from pgh
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Here's an academic piece about pre-Civil War Independence Day celebrations:

http://gurukul.american.edu/heintze/dinner.htm

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