1Miscellaneous Business Memoranda, 1731 (Franklin Papers)
...London shopkeepers after 1757 show brass casters for a chair; a shovel, tongs, and coal for Franklin’s fire; butter, cream, and spices for his table; steel spindles for his armonica; leather breeches; spectacles; candles; Madeira wine; books; and a variety of articles to send home to his wife and daughter in Philadelphia or to his sister Jane Mecom in Boston.
2Scheme of the First Philadelphia Lottery, 5 December 1747 (Franklin Papers)
..., and Thomas Lawrence, with William Allen and Franklin, to New York to present it in person. Clinton again refused them, “but,” Franklin remembered, “at a Dinner with his Council where there was great Drinking of Madeira Wine, as the Custom
3Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, 29 September 1755 (Franklin Papers)
..., 6 lbs. ground coffee, 6 lbs. chocolate, 50 lbs. “best white Biscuit,” ½ lb. pepper, 1 qt. “best white Wine Vinegar,” 1 Gloucester cheese, 20 lbs. butter, “2 Doz. old Madeira Wine,” 2 gals. Jamaica spirits, 1 bottle “Flour of Mustard,” 2 “well-cur’d” hams, 6 dried tongues, 6 lbs. rice, and 6 lbs. raisins. “These 20 Parcels well pack’d were plac...
4From George Washington to John and James Searle, 30 April 1763 (Washington Papers)
At the recommendation of Fielding Lewis Esqr. I am induced to give you the trouble of sending me a Pipe of the best Madeira Wine for the amount of which please to draw on Robert Cary Esqr. and Co. Merchts in London who are advised thereof.
5From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 30 April 1764 (Franklin Papers)
The Sugar Act of April 5, 1764, laid a duty of £7 a tun on all wines imported into America from Spain or Portugal or their possessions. Madeira wine, the great favorite in the colonies, was of course subject to the new duty.
6Poor Richard Improved, 1765 (Franklin Papers)
, for raising Madeira Wine in these Provinces. The above-mentioned Mr. Hill, being allowed to have great Skill in every thing relating to Wine and Vineyards, was consulted concerning the producing of Madeira Wine in America; on which he gave the following Advice and Information,
7From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 23 June 1766 (Washington Papers)
...the next oppertunity being unwilling to miss so good a one as this is by Johnstoun of writing for my own things—I have directed Messr Scot, Pringle, Cheap & Co. to send me a Pipe or Butt of Madeira Wine & draw upon you for the amount which I hope will be paid
8To George Washington from Scott, Pringle, Cheap, & Company, 2 August 1766 (Washington Papers)
GW enters charges against himself for this amount in his account with Robert Cary & Co., “for a Butt of Madeira Wine” (
9[February 1768] (Washington Papers)
On this day, while ordering a butt of Madeira wine from a dealer in the Madeira Islands, GW asked for some cuttings of the grape. As if suspecting that the request would run counter to the policy of the vintners, he wrote, “but if in requiring this...
10[Diary entry: 23 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
On this day, while ordering a butt of Madeira wine from a dealer in the Madeira Islands, GW asked for some cuttings of the grape. As if suspecting that the request would run counter to the policy of the vintners, he wrote, “but if in requiring this...