1From John Adams to Robert R. Livingston, 23–24 July 1783 (Adams Papers)
..., and that at least one half of the Sugars refined in Holland, were the Production of the...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Daniel Roberdeau, 26 February 1784 (Franklin Papers)
...yielded a 40 percent increase over older sugar-refining methods. In early 1783, they were...
3John Adams to Richard Cranch, 20 March 1786 (Adams Papers)
...and that at least one half of the sugars refined in Holland were the Production of the...
4To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 17 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
...seen here lately a loaf of the maple sugar refined at Philadelphia. I am promised a piece...
5Alexander Hamilton’s Final Version of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures, [5 December 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Sugars refined in various degrees
6Enclosure: Resolutions from Philadelphia Manufacturers, 8 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
...placing "a duty of two cents per pound upon all sugar refined within the United States" (
7To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Hodgdon, 9 May 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
...for “a duty of two cents per pound upon all sugar refined within the United States” (
8To George Washington from the Manufacturers of Snuff and Refined Sugar, 17 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
...and another to place a duty on sugar refined within the United States. After much debate...
9To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 27 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
...on tobacco and snuff manufactured and sugar refined within the United States and...
10Enclosure F: Comparative View of Annual Current Revenue & Expenditure, January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
...of duties on Snuff manufactured and Sugar refined within the United States, Carriages for the...