Decision in Philadelphia Quotes

“In the eighteenth century it was generally believed that people needed to take in a certain amount of “spirits” every day for strength and energy: Washington, in planning one long forced march, ordered extra rations of rum for the troops as a matter of course.”
― Christopher Collier, Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787

“by the 1790’s an average American over fifteen years old drank just under six gallons of absolute alcohol each year. . . . The comparable modern average is less than 2.9 gallons per capita. We”
― Christopher Collier, Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787