1From James Madison to James Monroe, 20 March 1806 (Madison Papers)
...made; millinery of all kinds; playing cards; beer, ale, and porter; and pictures and prints...
2Bill concerning the Collection of Duties, [8 January] 1787 (Madison Papers)
...of Cordage one penny: upon every gallon of beer ale Cyder or porter twelve pence per gallon...
3Notes on Debates, 21 June 1783 (Madison Papers)
...who usually sold liquor, and a few breweries and “beer houses” (
4William Ellery and JM to the Committee of Congress at Washington’s Headquarters, 5 May 1780 (Madison Papers)
...ye can find, now and then, a cup of beer and a little New England.