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From: Mike Rodeffer <>
Subject: [STUART] RE: Mobby
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 15:57:54 -0700


Teresa,

I have found the discussion and comments on mobby most interesting. I
worked on a colonial site in South Carolina for several years. The site
is now a national park. Ninety Six was first settle by Robert Gouedy, who
was the licensed trader to the Overhills Cherokee in the mid-1700s. Peach
brandy was served at his ordinary and a number of barrels of peach brandy
were listed in his probate inventory. You mention mobby as being
fermented, not distilled? I gather it is akin to hard cider? I can tell
you from our research at Ninety Six, covering the period ca 1730-1830, we
never saw the term, mobby. Do you suppose the term was out of fashion by
this time?

Mike Rodeffer
Researching Stuart and Rothenhoefer


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