tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4393660486162240897..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: New Directions in the Study of Sugar, 24-27 OctoberUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-10481611298078645582013-08-02T13:15:41.252-05:002013-08-02T13:15:41.252-05:00There's also an interesting discussion of that...There's also an interesting discussion of that movement in Alan Taylor's book <i>William Cooper's Town</i>. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-24648046169251588802013-08-02T11:55:16.366-05:002013-08-02T11:55:16.366-05:00I was surprised in some recent reading by the inte...I was surprised in some recent reading by the interest in trying to find a substitute for cane sugar. Jefferson and Madison in their "botanizing trip" were looking at maple sugar, Henry Ellsworth in the early 1840's was looking at sugar from corn stalks. Bill Harshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094598931693185805noreply@blogger.com