1Enclosure: Tench Coxe’s Notes on Jefferson’s Draft Report on Commerce, [5 February 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
Coxe wrote “Abolish the drawback on [Beer?]—it is dangerous.” Opposite this additional line in the margin he canceled “Qu. Modifications of Drawbacks.”
2Tench Coxe’s Draft of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures, [Fall] 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
...that expensive and inconvenient encouragement, the revenue may be calculated to assist them by diminishing the use of rival, tho in some instances different, commodities. Thus the Duties on ardent spirits may be rendered a virtual bounty on beer, ale & porter & the impost on foreign spirituous ...following, that is to say: … molasses, per gallon, three cents; beer, ale and porter in casks,...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 23 June 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
...their situation.” Pollock estimated that imports totalled 40,000 barrels of flour and an equal amount of beef, pork, rice, gammon, lard, butter, cheese, spermaceti candles, beeswax, apples, potatoes, codfish, beer, cider, masts, iron, and steel, the whole of which he thought could be valued at $800.000. As to the latter, he gave a detailed account based on customs records of the exports...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 1 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
dry goods for St. Domingo equal to all that is stated to be shipt thither. Steel is but 978 Drs. Gunpowder but 869 Drs. Ginseng but 90,000 ℔. Beer but 4600 Drs. and there appears to be but 1,300,000 wheat, which cannot be right. On the whole, Sir, I feel a confidence that this return is considerably short of the truth. I have the...
5II. Tench Coxe’s Notes on the Dutch and Prussian Fisheries, [ca. 23 November 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
In the Year 1750 several duties on Salt provision and beer were considerably reduced for the benefit of the Groenland and Davis’s Strait fisheries;We have no duty on beer or salt provisions and the duty of the Salt is allowed
6Tench Coxe’s Second Draft, [September 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
..., the revenue may be calculated to assist them by diminishing the use of rival tho in some instances different commodities. Thus the Duties on ardent spirits may be rendered a virtual bounty on beer ale or porter & the impost on foreign spirituous liquors an encouragment to those made at home. By careful attention to regulations of this Nature it is believed very effectual aid may be...