... and including the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Many volumes have been written setting forth the patriotism and heroism of the fathers of the Republic, but the devotion of the mothers and ... and went into the Tun and Bacchus, Bunch of Grapes, and AdmiralVernon, and drank flip, egg-nogg, punch, and black strap."[5][Footnote 5: Black strap was composed of rum and molasses, and ... project.)DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THEIR TIMESDaughters of the Revolution and Their Times, by 1store was frequented by the officers of the regiments, and doubtless he obtained from them information...