1From Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 11 January 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
...be invited to a dinner of three persons. The prince came by chance and made the fourth. He eat half a leg of mutton, did not taste of small dishes, because small, drank Champagne and Burgundy as small beer during dinner, and Bordeaux after dinner as the rest of the company. Upon the whole, he eat as much as the other three, and drank about two bottles of wine without seeming to feel it. My
2To George Washington from Peters & Company, 21 October 1788 (Washington Papers)
Money we have a large Stock of last Years Beer yet unsold Should our present Termes be acceptabl we shall the next Season be prepaird to remitt you Cash for your Crop, and as our demands ⟨
3To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Hopkinson, 17 July 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
...for which, of course, was derived from Hopkinson’s own satire of the previous winter—and heard James Wilson deliver an address, after which there was a great dinner served with “American porter, beer, and cyder.” Toasts were drunk to the people of the United States, the Federal Convention, General Washington, the King of France, the United Netherlands, the heroes “who have fallen in...
4From John Jay to Matthew Ridley, 4 January 1788 (Jay Papers)
We have not yet tried the Beer you was so kind as to send us, thinking it best to let it rest a while before we tap it—However it may turn out you
5II. Jefferson’s Notes on Coxe’s Commercial System for the United States, [ca. 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
40. He thinks we shall soon make the following articles so cheap as to throw foreign ones out of competition, viz. beer, spirits, potash, gunpowder, cordage, loaf sugar, paper, snuff, tobo, starch, anchors, nail rods, and many other articles of iron, bricks, tiles, potters ware, millstones, cabinet work, corn fans, Windsor chairs,...
6To John Jay from Matthew Ridley, 6 December 1787 (Jay Papers)
This will be delivered you by Captain Simon White of this Town, who carries with him two half Barrells of Strong Beer for your Own Use & two others for Governor Livingston which I beg the Favor of you to forward by a ...it will draw good to the last—Should You find it grow Vapid, put what may be left in Bottles—It savors of Presumption to send Beer from Baltimore to New York—But... ...of Beer...
7To George Washington from George Mason, 6 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
Instead of prohibiting the importing of spirits, the Virginia legislature imposed a heavy tax on wine, porter, ale, beer, and imported rum (12
8To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 26 August 1787 (Hamilton Papers)
William P. Beers, Wetmore’s half-brother by his mother’s marriage after his father’s death to Samuel Beers of Stratford, Connecticut. The “Cato” articles appeared in
9July [24–]25 (Adams Papers)
...Day and the House was nearly occupied when we arrived. We stayd only untill the next morning and then persued our route. Arrived at diner time at Dorchester an other very old Town. It is famous for Beer and Butter. It resembles Dorchester in New England, in the Hills and in the appearence of the Land. About four miles from the middle of the Town on the road to Weymouth is a very Regular...
10Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 21 May 1787 (Adams Papers)
The Goods you sent by Cushing—were prohibited Articles I.E. the Porter & Cheese, the former might be drank here, as we do not make Beer sufficient, but