<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/exna-p554</dc:identifier><dc:title>Document, 1779 September 23</dc:title><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>Describes the difficulties he has experienced in Boston concerning the
            sale of rum which he was unable to store on behalf of Congress. The fact that Congress
            has forbidden him to sell any more rum will doubtless anger the people, who have agreed
            to a rationing system for its sale.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>