1The Swedish-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce, with Translation, 3 April [i.e., 5 March] 1783 (Franklin Papers)
...coined or uncoined, brass, iron, lead, copper, latten, coals, wheat, barley and all sorts of corn or pulse, tobacco, all kinds of spices, salted & smoked flesh, salted fish, cheese, butter, beer, oyl, wines, sugar, all sorts of salt and provisions which serve for the nourishment and sustenance of man; All kinds of coton, hemp, flax, tar, pitch, ropes, cables, sails, sail cloth,...
2From Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston: Two Letters, 8 April 1782 (Franklin Papers)
At the end of February North, wishing to raise almost £800,000, proposed new or expanded taxes on property, bills of exchange, promissory notes, public entertainment, tea, beer, tobacco, salt, soap, and common carriers. Meanwhile, a consortium of bankers had proposed loaning the government £13,500,000: Fortescue,
3To John Adams from Benjamin Franklin, 7 November 1781 (Adams Papers)
Octr. 18. I know nothing of Beer but from Mr. Coffyn’s Recommendation. I am afraid he is one of those poor helpless Bodies that God throws into the World to try its Charity. I had been told that the Dutch had sent to borrow...
4From Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, 7 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
I know nothing of Beer but from Mr. Coffyn’s Recommendation., 392–3. Since then Beer had attempted to find work in Holland as a ropemaker, but had been accused of being a British spy: Thomas Beer to Francis Coffyn, [October, 1781] (University of Pa. Library).
5From Benjamin Franklin to Francis Coffyn, 22 August 1781 (Franklin Papers)
recommending the Case of Thomas Beer and Samuel Steevens, Ropemakers, who have been obliged to flee from England on Account of their having assisted our Prisoners to escape, and who desire to go to America. It is very expensive and difficult to transport Families...Although we find no record of any payment to a Samuel Steevens (or Stevens), on Sept. 24 Coffyn supplied Thomas Beer with 240
6The Franco-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce, 6 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Beer, Oils, Wines, Sugars and all sorts of Salts; and in general all Provisions, which serve for the nourishment of Mankind and the sustenance of Life; furthermore all kinds of Cotton, hemp, Flax, Tar, Pitch,...
7The Committee of Secret Correspondence to the American Commissioners, 21[–23] December 1776 (Franklin Papers)
, 626. The passes, issued by the British Admiralty under treaties with the Barbary states, provided some protection against corsairs; see George L. Beer,
8From Benjamin Franklin to The Public Ledger, [after 9 March 1774] (Franklin Papers)
, 38–52; George L. Beer,
9From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Percival, 15 October 1773 (Franklin Papers)
It seems strange that a Man whose Body is compos’d in great Part of moist Fluids, whose Blood and Juices are so watery, who can swallow Quantities of Water and Small Beer daily without Inconvenience, should fancy that a little more or less Moisture in the Air should be of such Importance. But we abound in Absurdity and Inconsistency. Thus, tho’ it is generally agreed that
10Marginalia in [Josiah Tucker], A Letter from a Merchant, [1770?] (Franklin Papers)
. Witness the additional Duties on our Lands, Windows, Houses;—also on our Malt, Beer, Ale, Cyder, Perry, Wines, Brandy, Rum, Coffee, Chocolate, &c. &c. &c. for defraying the Expences of the late War,—not forgetting the grievous Stamp-Duty itself. All this, I say,...