371From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 19 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
...place in her daughter Mrs Sterling who we saw in England, in a very amasing way; and declared that even her walk and her talk was altered—She attributed this metamorphosis to the good english Beer—Coachy has discovered a new way of getting a holyday on Sunday—the Horses are taken sick every Saturday Eveng. In every other respect he has proved a useful and attentive Servant—My music has...
372Memorandum Books, 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
thought that this wine, diluted with water, might make a cheaper table drink than cider or beer (TJ to Dodge & Oxnard, 6 June 1824; TJ to Bernard Peyton, 21 Nov. 1824;
373From Thomas Jefferson to Joshua Dodge, 6 June 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
...your vin ordinaire such as you drink with water at your own tables. I found the wines of that description so cheap, even at Paris, that they would make a cheaper table drink here than even our cyder & beer. they must however be strong enough to bear the voyage in a cask. it is for experiment. I salute you with great esteem & respect
374From Thomas Jefferson to John Vaughan, 30 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
...I am sure you will consider rather as occasions of exercising your benevolence than as burthens. I had engaged a most excellent Brewer to furnish our boarding houses at the University, and the town of Charlottesville with malt table–beer. he knew the place well, and that it which is much more than necessary for table beer
375Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts (Franklin Papers)
...Finck added a forgotten charge from Dec. 29, 1784, for 32 loads of unseasoned wood, split and stacked.) The separate list of “extraordinary expenses” included two dozen goblets and two cruets of Bohemian crystal, wine and beer, a carpet for the dining room, potatoes shipped from Dunkirk, and a payment of 1 ...laundress received payments. The extraordinary expenses included beer, glue,...
376Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
...presented in the window of a house, at a little distance. The best likeness I have yet seen of him, so much like him that one could hardly distinguish it from life—excepting for the situation, over a beer-house, a place he never frequents” (Edes,
to W. P. Beers, 18 Apr. 1807
378Editorial Note: Reports on Mediterranean Trade and Algerine Captives (Jefferson Papers)
, p. 17–19, citing G. L. Beers,