1From George Washington to William Pearce, 23 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
...without waste, or misapplication—I am very willing to allow them enough, and
of such provisions, day by day, as is wholesome & good, but no more—they have, each
of them been allowed a bottle of Beer a day—and this must be continued to them—that is a
quart each, for when I am from home the Beer will not be bottled though it may be brewed as the occasio...