Americana Ebrietatis / The Favorite Tipple of our Forefathers and the Laws and Customs Relating Thereto

CONTENTS

Chapter	I	Customs based on Race Source of Population	13
Chapter	II	Early Attempts at Regulation by Legislation	24
Tariffs			31
Internal Revenue Tax			35
Chapter	III	Schools and Colleges	37
Chapter	IV	Bench and Bar	46
Chapter	V	Church and Clergy	55
Chapter	VI	Relation of George Washington to the Liquor Traffic	64
Relation of other Prominent Americans to the Liquor Traffic			74
Chapter	VII	The Slave Trade	85
The Southern Planter			89
The Indian Tribes			93
Politics and Elections			108
Early Defiance of Law			111
Chapter	VIII	Christenings—Marriages—Funerals	116
Chapter	IX	Vendues—Chopping Bees—House Bees—Wood Spells—Clearing Bees	127
Traveling and Taverns			132
Chapter	X	Extent and Effect of the Traffic at Flood Tide	145
Whiskey as Money			149
Temperance Societies			150

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