21From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 14 February 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
...she is arrived safe. all these articles are to be forwarded by the Milton boats. I must also get the favor of you to get mr Hay to bottle two casks (of 30 galls each) of his best beer for me, to have it packed in crates or barrels, & to pay him for it and forward them to
22William Cranch to Abigail Adams, 21 November 1797 (Adams Papers)
.... He was formerly a roman Catholic, but was excommunicated for his infidelity, and is now as open in his atheistical, as in his jacobinic principles. He is a Justice of peace, and gets his living by brewing beer and distilling Whiskey, with a Capital furnished by M
23October 1797 (Washington Papers)
). Stoy’s remedy consisted of “one ounce of the herb, red chickweed, four ounces of theriac and one quart of beer, all well digested, the dose being a wine glassful” (
24[Diary entry: 14 October 1797] (Washington Papers)
). Stoy’s remedy consisted of “one ounce of the herb, red chickweed, four ounces of theriac and one quart of beer, all well digested, the dose being a wine glassful” (
25From George Washington to William Strickland, 15 July 1797 (Washington Papers)
You make a distinction and no doubt a just one between what in England is call’d Barley, and Big or Beer, if there be none of the true Barley in this Country—it is not for us without Experience
26From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 7 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Among the multiplicity of things I had to think of on my departure from home I omitted to speak with you on the subject of the cask of beer you were so kind as to put by for me at Hay’s. I will thank you to have it bottled and sent up. At this moment C. Johnston has no money of mine in his hands. Therefore...