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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03804.25 |
| From Archive Folder | John Grimes Walker's naval correspondence |
| Title | John G. Walker's receipt from the Gran Hotel in Managua, Nicaragua Spanish |
| Date | 18 January 1898 |
| Author | Walker, John Grimes (1835-1907) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Receipt for $219.30 from the Gran Hotel in Managua. Walker appears to have been entertaining guests or dignitaries. Receipt lists payments for a special apartment, 3 servants, and several bottles of wine, beer, and champagne. One of the guests with Walker is A. G. Menocal, who is tried before a U.S. Navy General Court in May 1898. Walker testified at the trial -- see GLC 03804.26. Another guest is Lewis M. Haupt, who wrote a letter to Walker at GLC03804.30. |
| Subjects | Mississippi Navy Union General Latin and South America Global History and Civics Entertaining and Hospitality Finance Servant Alcohol |
| People | Walker, John Grimes (1835-1907) |
| Place written | Managua, Nicaragua |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |