1Session of Virginia Council of State, 7 April 1778 (Madison Papers)
...Commissary of Stores to procure a Stock of good rum, wine, Sugar & such other Articles as his...
2William Ellery and JM to the Committee of Congress at Washington’s Headquarters, 5 May 1780 (Madison Papers)
...s second paragraph, was often used as a synonym of rum.
3From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1780 (Madison Papers)
...3,000,000,000 of rations and 300 Hhds of rum.
4To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 23 June 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
...3,000,000,000 of rations and 300 Hhds of rum. Congress for the support of this bank and for...
5From James Madison to Joseph Jones, 17 October 1780 (Madison Papers)
...of her prizes containing about 1000 Hhds. of rum & several hundred do. of sugar, which...
6From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 17 October 1780 (Madison Papers)
...several Jamaica prizes with a prodigious quantity of rum & sugar on board. She parted from...
7From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 7 November 1780 (Madison Papers)
...specific articles” comprised meat, flour, salt, and rum. By “new emissions” JM meant the...
8Notes on Debates, 29 January 1783 (Madison Papers)
...that after 30 May 1781 the tax on “Wine, Rum, Brandy and other Spirits” would be doubled to a...
9Notes on Debates, 27 February 1783 (Madison Papers)
...wines do. and of 3/90 per Gallon on all rum & brandy do....& that as the rum used in the N....
10Report on Restoring Public Credit, [6 March] 1783 (Madison Papers)
...wines 1/30 of a dollar per Gallon on all rum & brandy 2/3 of a dollar per 112 lbs...
11Notes on Debates, 18 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
Upon all rum of Jamaica proof per Gallon
12From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 13 September 1783 (Madison Papers)
...within” the United States return cargoes of “rum, sugar, molasses, coffee, cocoa-nuts, ginger...
13Notes for Debate on Commercial Regulations by Congress, 30 November–1 December 1785 (Madison Papers)
Rum Ronald — manufacturers
14Bill concerning the Collection of Duties, [8 January] 1787 (Madison Papers)
...only, excepted[;] upon every gallon of rum or other distilled Spirits twelve pence per gallon...
15From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 9 December 1787 (Madison Papers)
the importation of Rum, brandy, and other ardent spirits; and if I...
16To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 9 December 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
the importation of Rum, brandy, and other ardent spirits; and if I...
17From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 December 1787 (Madison Papers)
the importation of Rum,
18To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 20 December 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
the importation of Rum,
19From James Madison to George Nicholas, 17 May 1788 (Madison Papers)
...an estimate I saw in N. York, the rum imported there amounted to one million of Gallons....
20Replies to the Queries of Moustier, [30 October] 1788 (Madison Papers)
...eaux de vie de France fassent tomber entierement le Rum des Isles? A quoi peut se monter la...Rum
21Import and Tonnage Duties, [8 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
On rum, per gallon,
22Import Duties, [14 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...of the enumerated articles, beginning with rum. Sherman proposed fifteen cents per gallon...
23Import Duties, [20 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...a drawback of six cents per gallon on exports of rum distilled in the United States....Rum...
24Import Duties, [24 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...representatives argued that the proposed fifteen-cent duty on Jamaica rum was too high....rum...
25Import Duties, [25 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
A fifteen-cent duty on Jamaica rum was approved. The House then took up the twelve-......rum...
26Import Duties, [28 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...as ruinous to the Massachusetts fishing industry and rum distillers and burdensome to the...
27From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 9 May 1789 (Madison Papers)
...a proportionate duty on Molasses to that on rum, turned on its disproportion to the value...
28Import Duties, [9 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...reduction of duties, moved to lower the tax on Jamaica rum to six cents a gallon....rum...
29To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 9 May 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
...a proportionate duty on molasses to that on rum, turned on its disproportion to the value...
30From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 10 May 1789 (Madison Papers)
...particularly to the ratio between the duties on rum & molasses. When this plan was recommended...
31Import Duties, [12 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...on molasses. Ames suggested that an excise on country rum was preferable to a duty on molasses...
32From James Madison to James Monroe, 13 May 1789 (Madison Papers)
...still more of it. The proper one between rum & Molasses has been the last & the...
33From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 30 June 1789 (Madison Papers)
...The most material change is in the articles of rum and molasses. The necessity of preserving a...
34To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 30 June 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
...The most material change is in the articles of rum and molasses. The necessity of preserving a...
35From James Madison to George Nicholas, 5 July 1789 (Madison Papers)
...most evidently in the ratio between the duty on rum & that on Molasses. A high duty on...
36Notes on Navigation and Trade, [ca. 13 May] 1790 (Madison Papers)
...Custom house books to be greater than the quantity of rum imported there, ⅓ more rum
37Notes for Speech in Congress, [ca. 13 May] 1790 (Madison Papers)
...for her sugars at an adequate price as for their rum....Rum—the resource of our distilleries—...
38Navigation and Trade, [14 May] 1790 (Madison Papers)
...their establishments. In the sale of their rum, on which the profits of their labour... ...rum...
39From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 31 July 1790 (Madison Papers)
...It will be likely to consist cheifly of duties on rum distilled in the U. S. and on a few...
40House Address to the President, [11 December] 1790 (Madison Papers)
...per gallon should be levied on all imported rum; and that an additional duty of twelve...
41From James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 2 January 1791 (Madison Papers)
...that can be done. Besides the duties on imported rum, requires a proportional one on... ...rum,...
42From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 2 January 1791 (Madison Papers)
...least objectionable. Indeed the duty imposed on imported rum, forces a proportional duty...
43Excise, [6 January] 1791 (Madison Papers)
...section, levying a duty on domestic rum distilled from foreign materials, came under......rum,...
44Commercial Discrimination, [14 January] 1794 (Madison Papers)
...flourish without our lumber, and our use of their rum. On the other hand we depend on them...
45Commercial Discrimination, [31 January] 1794 (Madison Papers)
...the profits and revenue arising from the rum distilleries, depended on an article obtained...
46From James Madison to John M. Moody, 12 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
..., where the ship and its cargo of sugar and rum were sold by order of the governor (Jerome C...
47To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 30 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...prohibition on the export of all produce, excepting rum and molasses; all exports are now...
48An Examination of the British Doctrine, Which Subjects to Capture a Neutral Trade, Not Open in Time of Peace, [ante–8 … (Madison Papers)
...Great-Britain are allowed to export from the enumerated ports, rum, negroes, and all goods,
49From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, [post–17 August 1816] (Madison Papers)
...South Carolina, on 6 Aug. 1816 for smuggling rum and wine in his cabin. Gregory was...