Direct primary evidence for the use of cocktail as a named drink in the United States by April 28, 1803. It does not identify the drink’s ingredients, prove it was alcoholic, define the term, or establish origin or invention.
The line appears in the Friday entry of an anonymous satirical journal. The narrator wakes after an assembly, feels unwell, drinks coffee, visits a doctor’s circle, and takes cocktail as a morning restorative; a later line records another glass.
“Drank a glass of cocktail—excellent for the head; all sauntered away to see the girls.”
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Amusing Miscellany — Journal
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