I told Jos. of my intentions, and he improved the occasion by eating four or five meals, and drinking at least a gallon of beer and a bottle of gin at my expense. 1868, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, Turf Frauds and Turf Practices; or, Spiders and Flies, page 24:
In 1903, Joseph A. Bank founded the Jos. A. Bank & Co. 2013, Kelly Dale Terrill, Reservoir Hill, Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 103: