371To Benjamin Franklin from Josiah Franklin, 26 May 1739 (Franklin Papers)
...fasting day, being in popish times, he did not like there the first day; the next morning the servant was called up at five in the morning, but after a little time came a good toast and good beer, and he found good housekeeping there; he served and learned the trade of a smith.
372Extracts from the Gazette, 1735 (Franklin Papers)
...having sat on the Body brought in their Verdict, that by drinking too plentifully of Rum and other strong Liquors she came by her Death. ’Tis said she had drank sixteen Drams of Rum and two Mugs of strong Beer that Day.
373Miscellaneous Business Memoranda, 1731 (Franklin Papers)
...of various kinds (linen, calico, chintz, cambric, taffeta); mattresses, bolsters, and pillows; tea, both bohea and green; elixirs and bitters; chinaware; hats; paper and parchments; fish and oil; beer; and harness. There are bills to Franklin for such services as the alteration of gowns for Mrs. Franklin and their daughter Sarah; the stabling of his horse; and the repair of his carriage (a...
374From Benjamin Franklin to Sir Hans Sloane, 2 June 1725 (Franklin Papers)
...of Physicians, 1719–35; founder of the Chelsea Physic Garden. His books, manuscripts, and natural history specimens, bequeathed to the nation, formed a part of the original collection of the British Museum. G. R. de 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,