In 1822, the County Court of Pocahontas County, Virginia, established the rates that an ordinary could charge patrons. Lodging cost 8 cents per night.
For context, other rates set at that time included:
- Diet: 25 cents
- Grain per gallon: 12.5 cents
- Horse feed (hay for 12 hours): 12.5 cents
- Whiskey per gill: 6.25 cents
- Brandy (cognac spirits): 12.5 cents
- French brandy per gill: 12.5 cents
- Rum per gill: 10 cents
The source notes that these prices reflect "the good times of long ago."
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