Records and historians indicate Washington racked up the tab, estimated to be thousands of dollars today, during the Constitutional Convention.
Source: Fact check: George Washington’s hefty bar tab, days before Constitution’s signing, is real
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“The bar tab of a 1787 farewell party for George Washington was left intact and legible,” a Jan. 19 Facebook post reads. “According to the bill, the Founding Fathers drank 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of Claret, 8 bottles of Whiskey, 22 bottles of Porter, 8 bottles of Hard Cider, 12 of Beer and seven bowls of Alcoholic Punch. There were only 55 attendees.”
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That would be about two bottles of wine, several shots and a few cups of punch and beer for every guest.
