Americana Ebrietatis The Favorite Tipple of our Forefathers and the Laws and Customs Relating Thereto
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AMERICANA EBRIETATIS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Customs Based on Race Source of Population
CHAPTER II Early Attempts at Regulation by Legislation
Tariffs
Internal Revenue Tax
CHAPTER III Schools and Colleges
CHAPTER IV Bench and Bar
CHAPTER V Church and Clergy
CHAPTER VI Relation of George Washington to the Liquor Traffic
Relation of Other Prominent Americans to the Liquor Traffic
CHAPTER VII The Slave Trade
The Southern Planter
The Indian Tribes
Politics and Elections
Early Defiance of Law
CHAPTER VIII Christenings—Marriages—Funerals
CHAPTER IX Vendues—Chopping Bees—House Bees—Wood Spells—Clearing Bees
Traveling and Taverns
CHAPTER X Extent and Effect of the Traffic at Flood Tide
Whiskey as Money
Temperance Societies
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