1To George Washington from Nathan Beers, 22 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
Nathan Beers (1753-1849), a Connecticut paymaster during the Revolutionary War,
retired from the army in June 1783 but served for a time as agent for settling
regimental accounts. He was a charter member of the Connecticut Society of...
2To John Adams from Nathan Beers, 5 February 1801 (Adams Papers)
Nathan Beers
3To James Madison from Beers & Judah, 26 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
76, British Spoliations, 1794–1824, Unsorted Papers). 1 p. In September 1802 the American claims agent in London notified Beers, David Judah, and Joshua Bouton that they could expect to receive a total of £1,194 14
4To James Madison from Beers & Judah, 26 February 1802 (Madison Papers)
From Beers & Judah, 26 February 1802Beers & Judah
5To John Jay from William P. Beers, 2 April 1807 (Jay Papers)
William Pitt Beers (1766–1810), Connecticut-born Albany lawyer, son-in-law of Jonathan Sturges, associate chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Beers was a friend of Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College, who stayed with Beers on his trip to Whitestown in 1799. Dwight described him as an “able, worthy, and useful man… Few men better understood the political interests of this...
6From John Jay to William P. Beers, 18 April 1807 (Jay Papers)
William P. Beers to
7Joseph Coppinger to Thomas Jefferson, 6 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
purposes of the Distillery can be converted into good Malt and made a valuable addition to Brewing materials. Another is a simple, and easy process of making beer, only a week brewed, assume all the appearances of age, possessing flavour, and above all the preserving quality so essential to good beer. A third process is mak ...preserving beer from bran and Shorts without Malt, this Process in...
8To George Washington from Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, 31 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
The depositions of Elias and Isaac Beers, docketed “No. 9” and dated 26 July, read: “Elias Beers of lawfull Age testifieth & saith that he Saw his Father Mr Nathan Beers late of Newhaven about 3 hours after he was wounded by the Enemy on the 5th of July Instant, and received from his mouth the following Account of the treatment he received from the Enemy, Viz....Beers of lawfull age testifieth...
9Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coppinger, 25 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Brewed in America: A History of Beer and Ale in the United States
10To John Jay from John Dalrymple, 1 February 1795 (Jay Papers)
...I therefore offered to communicate my Arts to him and to teach him to make the Articles from the Yeast with his own hands The Articles were spirits from corn Spirits ^and^ from Molasses or Sugar, Worts, small beer, Seamen’s beer, Strong Beer, With regard to beer, a Quarter of Malt or half a Quarter