1Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coppinger, 25 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of the 6 th . I have no doubt, either in a moral or economical view, of the desirableness to introduce a taste for malt liquors instead of that for ardent spirits. the difficulty is in changing the public taste & habit. the business of brewing is now so much introduced in every state, that it appears to me to need no other encouragement than to...