Should have this up by tomorrow..... Murphys & others from "Bute County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779" by Brent Holcomb, 1988 Here is a taste everyone should enjoy... p. 79 11 May 1770 The Court doth set and rate Liquors provision &C. West India Rum P Gallon L13.4 1 Gallon of Toddy with a quart of Rum and Loaf Sugar 5.4 A Gallon of ditto with a quart of Rum and brown Sugar 4.- New England Rum P Gallon 5.- Good Brandy P Gallon 10.8 Good Madera Wine P Quart 4.- A Gallon of Toddy with three pints of brandy & loaf sugar 5.4 Strong Beer (English made) P Quart without the bottle 2.- Good Country Beer with 5 1/2 Bushells of Malt to a Barrell well hop't P Quart 1.- Good Crabb Cyder P Quarter -.8 Good Country Cyder P Quart -.6 A Hott Dinner with wheat bread small beer or Cyder 1.4 A Cold Dinner or Supper with small beer or Cyder 1.- A breakfast with Coffee or Tea 1.- A breakfast without Coffee or Tea -.8 Lodging P night with one in a bed -.6 Lodging P night with more than one in a bed, for each -.4 Corn or Oats P Gallon -.8 Pasturage and Fodder or Stableage and fodder for a horse twelve hours -.8