Foods. John Bartram Mid 18th Century.

Having turned out my horse in the sweet meadows adjoining, and finding some dry wood under shelter of the old cabin, I struck up a fire, dryed my clothes and comforted myself with a frugal repast of biscuit and dried beef, which was all the food my viaticum afforded me by this time, excepting a small piece of cheese which I had furnished myself with at Charleston and kept till this time.

John Bartram Mid 18th Century. docsouth.unc.edu/nc/bartram/bartram.html