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I have no Lincoln notes of the eighteenth century of any special interest, but from this little extract it looks as if the institution of afternoon tea had been anticipated by a hundred years in Lincoln. The extract is from "A Sketch wrote Aug. 4, 1762, at Lincoln," and deals with housekeeping expenses. The entries are:—

"Three guineas a year for tea                       £3  3  0 "Loave sugar                                          3  0  0 "Tea, a quarter of an ounce each morning. "Sugar, half of a quarter of a pound each morning. "Also an allowance for sometimes in the afternoon."